naval station

collocation in English

meaningsofnavalandstation

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naval
adjective
uk
/ˈneɪ.vəl/us
/ˈneɪ.vəl/
belonging to a country's navy, or relating to ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofnavalandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You see there is a pretense this is just anavalstationand you never know which is the pretense: spaceship or navy.
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The result of that may be some decline in employment in the district, but we have an oldnavalstation.
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Its harbour is anavalstation.
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It was, of course, very important to us for many years as anavalstation, but in the last fifteen years the picture has completely altered.
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With regard to the phrase about small nations whose ambitions would be roused, is it stated against whom we had armed when we were engaged in building thenavalstation?
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Regulations which it is proposed to issue will confer this power of either suspension or re-committal upon the commanding officer of any ship ornavalstation.
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It was also anavalstationwhere the navy maintained small workshops for urgent repairs.
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Construction of thenavalstationdid not begin until twenty years later, in 1898, led by civilian contractors.
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The house was originally waterfront when it was built in 1890 as the first officer's quarters on the submarine basenavalstation.
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The board requested an appropriation of $1 million ($ in -1 dollars) to begin building thenavalstation.
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It now contains anavalstationand other military facilities.
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Thenavalstationhad adequate piers and quay side, a small airport, and large sections of undeveloped lands.
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Thenavalstation, established in 1978, is manned by a team of four marines on a 45-day rotation.
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Officially, he was only commandant of thenavalstationthen under construction, although the deed of cession of the territory acknowledged his theoretical authority to govern the people.
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Olongapo grew in direct proportion to the growth of thenavalstation.
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Thucydides mentions the town as anavalstation.
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In the 1930s a tree-planting program had begun, transforming thenavalstationinto a virtual tropical garden, with streets lined with coconut palms, hibiscus, and gardenias.
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The contracts for four of the naval stations provide for live cattle.
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Another two years were then spent following his father to naval stations; altogether he attended about twenty schools during his youth.
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