escort duty

collocation in English

meaningsofescortandduty

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escort
noun
uk
/ˈes.kɔːt/us
/ˈes.kɔːrt/
a person who goes with another person as a partner to a ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofescortanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Information about officers onescortdutyis included but is not separately recorded.
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Except onescortduty, soldiers are not allowed to use the lorries.
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There is the ever-increasing amount of court work to which we have to respond in terms ofescortdutyand the manning of the courts.
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If you attack that problem, you will begin to solve the problem ofescortduty.
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The arrangements forescortdutyat all prisons are necessarily left-to the discretion of the governor, who is legally responsible for the custody of prisoners.
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To oppose them we had 202 destroyers and 58 escorts, a total of 260 ships capable of anti-submarineescortduty.
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There are two officers onescortduty, and as far as operationally possible the prison makes every endeavour to ensure that both are female.
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However, the question of unforeseen staff demands, such asescortdutyand so on, may on occasion make this difficult.
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Again, engagement on casualescortdutydoes not count as part of their normal tour of duty.
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They could do thisescortduty.
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Ways are also being constantly found of making more officers available for duty; for example, by the recent decision to privatiseescortduty.
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I should explain to those who are not fully aware thatescortdutymeans accompanying a prisoner who is going to hospital, or to court, and so on.
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I am told that, onescortduty, staff can have up to six prisoners, with only one driver and one member of staff to supervise them.
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Her primary missions were mine clearance andescortdutybetween the islands of the group.
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Ships with one asterisk have recently seen extraordinary service, machinery breaks down, men need rest in port; they are given alternative screen andescortduty.
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They were used almost entirely for minesweeping until 1917, when they were transferred toescortduty.
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Delivering her passengers to safety, she continued her operations in the battle zone, sweeping harbors and serving on patrol andescortduty.
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Subsequent historians have not agreed, although they have tended to overstress the actual use made of aircraft in convoyescortduty.
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This was more successful, butescortdutytied the fighters to the bombers' slow speed and made them more vulnerable.
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While there, they had provided force protection and fixed and roving security, as well asescortduty.
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