imported fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofimportandfuel

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import
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/us
/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
goods bought by one country ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofimportandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimported fuel

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Not surprisingly, the distribution of increasingly scarceimportedfueland fertilisers tended to be biased in favour of food crops.
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In the mid-1980s it decided to reduce dependence onimportedfueloil by converting power plants to natural gas.
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In recent months the vulnerability ofimportedfuelhas emphasised the one and three dreadful tragedies have emphasised the other.
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The landed value of 1 million tons of coal equivalent ofimportedfueloil is about £3½ million.
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However, his basic point on the increasing dependence onimportedfuelis extremely important, whether it is coal or gas.
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Thatimportedfuelwill, in all probability, be severely rationed.
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The information readily available does not distinguish home refined fromimportedfueloil in the supplies to power stations.
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It would be a mistake to be dependent on one source ofimportedfuel.
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I remember the enormous price to whichimportedfuelwent finally, as soon as there was a world shortage.
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Nevertheless, the need to reduce our import bill, and at the same time our dependence onimportedfuel, is acute.
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Also, it involves seeking out new sources of energy supply which are less dependent onimportedfueloil, and new ways of maintaining soil fertility.
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Proportions ofimportedfuelinjected vehicles fitted with such devices are not known, although most importers will have been issued with guidelines recommending their use.
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In any case, conventional nuclear power stations useimportedfuel(uranium).
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Onimportedfuel—oil and coal—we thus spend no less than £329 million.
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But for manufacturers the cost of theimportedfueloil which they consume is not deducted from their contribution.
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It is making the transport of this country dependent onimportedfuel.
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The recent decision to convert ten thousand vehicles to run on producer gas shows that we are alive to the necessity of savingimportedfuel.
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I return to the first of the two angles of this problem, that of savingimportedfuel.
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It is said that an adequate development in this country of this type of road transport would result in an appreciable saving ofimportedfuel.
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The most recent price increases are mainly due to the rising costs ofimportedfuel.
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