large fleet

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeandfleet

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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fleet
noun[C]
uk
/fliːt/us
/fliːt/
a group of ships, or all of the ships in a ...
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(Definition oflargeandfleetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflarge fleet

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I do not think that many navies can afford to build alargefleetof battleships.
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This, apart from herlargefleetof conventional submarines, imposes a terrible threat to the safety of our own sea power.
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These vessels will be supported by a verylargefleetof cruisers, destroyers and submarines.
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To concentrate alargefleetin support of an opposed landing without local air superiority breaches the most fundamental doctrine of naval strategy.
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Clearly the totting up provision cannot be applied to the corporate body—the limited liability company that is running alargefleetof vehicles.
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However, in difficult times the manufacturer extended that additional discount to severallargefleetowners.
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If the railways close, alargefleetof buses will be necessary to transport the children to school.
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What happened was that during the four years there was only onelargefleetengagement and that was not very prolonged.
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It would be absurd to put on a farmer with two vehicles the same responsibilities as are being placed on alargefleetowner.
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There is alargefleetof vehicles, most of which have legal number plates.
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But we still have alargefleetand one that continues to depend critically on cross-trading and therefore on open shipping markets.
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We are also moving up or preparing alargefleetof salvage reinforcements amounting to about twenty-eight vessels.
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Alargefleetis an advantage, of that there can be no doubt.
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The most remarkable thing is that a few months ago that sentiment was expressed to me by the traffic manager of alargefleet.
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On the larger sites it is customary to have experienced maintenance people and an experienced transport organisation with alargefleet.
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At sea, there is alargefleetof submarines.
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We had no admiral for the light cruisers and only three flag officers with a verylargefleet.
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We are also moving up or preparing alargefleetof salvage reinforcements amounting to some twenty-eight vessels.
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The company which holds the lease on the facility owns alargefleetof ships which it wants to repair there.
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It is imperative that we should have alargefleetof air transport machines when the war ends.
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