commercial transport

collocation in English

meaningsofcommercialandtransport

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commercial
adjective
uk
/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us
/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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transport
noun
uk
/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandtransportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are acommercialtransportundertaking.
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Acommercialtransportoperator on the road goes along freely.
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We think that this is affectingcommercialtransportin that area.
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I agree that canals are useful for amenity as well as forcommercialtransport.
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Or will he vote for this new tax upon roadcommercialtransport?
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It contains provision for the licensing ofcommercialtransportif, and when, need should arise.
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They have messed up transport by taking out a lot of roadcommercialtransport.
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They took away the profitablecommercialtransport, or a lot of it.
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The transport of food, and all forms of industrial andcommercialtransportwill be affected.
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There is, first, the original purpose of the canals—to carrycommercialtransport.
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Let us, first of all, have a look at the roadcommercialtransportindustry.
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That is true ofcommercialtransportat the present time in a number of districts.
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There are also questions to be answered about the future of thecommercialtransportsystem in the country.
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At present, there is notcommercialtransporton the canal, but not long ago five commercial boats were using it.
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There should also be legislation to protect non-smokers from smoking oncommercialtransport, such as coaches and airlines.
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Firstly, the committee considers the issue from many angles but does not question the fact that the system only applies tocommercialtransport.
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They have damaged the railways—they have a bias in favour of roadcommercialtransport—and the economic wellbeing of the transport industry.
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So the two figures are, broadly speaking, forcommercialtransport, passenger and goods, and so on, 2,900,000 tons; and for private motorists 1,600,000 tons.
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If air or other operations are handed over to acommercialtransportconcern, it must operate commercially and it would drop anything that was non-commercial.
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So there has to be a high modal split, so that, above all, the necessarycommercialtransporthas room on the roads.
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The object of the original canal undertakings was, of course, to provide facilities for thecommercialtransportof goods by water.
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If that is true of railways and roadcommercialtransport, there is a great deal to be said for it in the field of civil aviation.
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The realistic view is surely that the canal is constructed forcommercialtransportand that it is quite unnecessary for the public to have access to the canal.
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For many years, it has been incomprehensible that the rules governing thecommercialtransportof animals have been less rigorous than for domestic animals of the same species.
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Although this route may be primarily concerned withcommercialtransport, it has a direct impact on the motion because of the volume of public transport using the motorway.
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