local depot
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflocalanddepot
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local
adjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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depot
noun[C]
uk/ˈdep.əʊ/us/ˈdiː.poʊ/
a building where supplies or vehicles, especially buses, ...
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(Definition oflocalanddepotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Specifically, they must travel some distance to thelocaldepot, to which all maize must be delivered and from which fertlizer and hybrid seed must be obtained.
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The drivers' hours are obviously the responsibility of the man in charge of thelocaldepot; he will require no technical mechanical knowledge.
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These standards are then enshrined as necessary in single service regulations andlocaldepotprocedures.
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In addition, the presence of graffiti is logged in detail at the relevantlocaldepotbefore a train is removed for cleaning.
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For instance, people can themselves cut costs by taking their rubbish to a smalllocaldepotor skip.
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These negotiations between men of business and local controllers at thelocaldepot, to say the least, are open to objection.
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When things go wrong with the operations of a multiple company, it is usually in respect of onelocaldepotand not nationally.
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Now he has to report to thelocaldepot, and wait about many hours, from which he may return with an unremunerative load, or else without one at all.
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The actual recruiting was fairly diverse, coming fromlocaldepotregiments.
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Since the dynamite has been improperly stored in alocaldepot, the nitroglycerin contained inside has become highly unstable, so the faintest vibration could cause an explosion.
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Thelocaldepotofficials also began to present themselves as minor vassal lords, demanding bribes and other concessions from farmers before accepting their harvest for sale.
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Thelocaldepotoperator would also set the track switches to enable the inferior train to pull into the siding upon the approach of the superior train.
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Within a year of its founding, the institute supplied the local depots of more than 350 communities that had participated in the subscription.
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The position is that the ships are at their manning ports, and the men are at the local depots and are available.
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There should be joint funded regional centres with local depots.
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It is in the thousand local depots up and down the country where this figure of 12,000 staff is to be found.
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I think it is time each health region had an aid centre jointly funded by the health authority and the social service department with local depots.
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We have taken the view, and all our expert opinion supports it, that if the gas masks are to remain in good condition they must be kept in local depots.
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The new water authorities will retain an extensive divisional organisation of local depots, local offices and local points of contact for the convenience of the consumer.
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Local mushroom hunters sell their harvest daily to local depots, which rush them to airports.
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