ferry service

collocation in English

meaningsofferryandservice

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ferry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfer.i/us
/ˈfer.i/
a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a ...
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service
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us
/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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(Definition offerryandservicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofferry service

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In three sites, transfer of patients to larger hospital facilities required an emergency volunteerferryserviceor airlift.
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And is this not an economy which actually detracts from the needed expansion of this catferryservice?
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The chief purpose of these works is to avoid the delay in theferryservice, which at present has to be suspended at low tide.
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They have addressed the issue of regulation of maximum freight tariffs within the passengerferryservicecontract.
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We recognise that many small island communities are almost wholly dependent on theferryservicefor contacts and trade with the outside world.
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I understand that that applies even to aferryservicethat is not covered by the provision.
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A year later the local minister told us that he was still awaiting a reply about the localferryservicewe discussed that day.
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There are two services, the passengerferryserviceand the vehicleferryservice.
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It is well worth looking at the history of theferryserviceover the last few years.
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The closing of theferryserviceis not a small matter for the people living and working in the area.
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Perhaps the best example is the vehicleferryservice, which, last year, carried over 50,000 cars.
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There is now a difference between the way in which they intend to treat the vehicularferryserviceand the passengerferryservice.
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Until the airport agreement is implemented, they will not allow theferryserviceto resume.
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That is purely hypothetical, because the district council does not have power to run thatferryservice.
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There is constant difficulty over the internal air services, and there is no proper seaferryservice.
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There is an efficientferryservicefor motor cars which only takes 15 minutes to get across.
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She is not operating a regularferryserviceand no separate agreement has been entered into or is required.
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It appears that theferryserviceshould be deemed part of the rail service and should attract a subsidy.
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We have had aferryserviceby air ever since last autumn, all through the winter months.
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