extra fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofextraandfuel

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extra
adjective
uk
/ˈek.strə/us
/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofextraandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextra fuel

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We are considering the provision to help withextrafuelcosts during exceptionally severe weather further in the light of last winter's experience.
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Commanding officers have authority, in cases where the normal scale is insufficient, to issue theextrafuelnecessary to secure a reasonable degree of comfort.
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About 500,000 assistance allowances now being paid include special additions forextrafuelrequirements of various kinds.
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They are not financially able to buy the latest and most fuel-efficient cars to overcome the effect ofextrafuelduty.
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We know already, for example, that the national health service will be £1.5 million poorer because ofextrafueltax.
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The first is that theextrafuelcosts have a disproportionate effect on rural communities.
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Scottish bus operators will share in the full relief from theextrafuelduty which is proposed for stage carriage services.
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Unilateral action would create market distortions, such as "tankering" ofextrafuelfrom aboard to avoid tax, and would have limited environmental benefits.
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He needs bed clothes, and the facilities required for the purpose of tending a sick person, such as extra nourishment andextrafuel.
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We have gone much further than that by compensating all pensioners, whatever their incomes may be, to help them with theirextrafuelbills.
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The long-term addition which is allowed in assessing the requirements of supplementary pensioners and other long-term beneficiaries takes account of special expenses includingextrafuel.
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Out of the small amount of interest on their savings, which has been decreasing, they will have to payextrafuelcosts.
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In 1985 that office paid 174 claimants an average of £11·71 in respect ofextrafuelused during the period of exceptionally severe weather.
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Information on the number of single payments made forextrafuelused during the recent period of exceptionally severe weather is not yet available.
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That is why we are offering to give further help to the less well-off to help meet theirextrafuelbills.
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The best guide to temperature and the need forextrafueluse is the air temperature, not the wind chill.
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This modification is an arrangement for carryingextrafuel.
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How many people would the aeroplane not be able to take because of theextrafuelused?
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Surely no one is going cap in hand forextrafuelmoney unless they are in desperate circumstances.
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