Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] road " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all customers are expected to come by road — new mooring points and landscaping on the neighbouring Grand Union Canal welcome any barges that may need re-stocking . |
| 2 | Easy to reach by road and rail , Sedgemoor is nearer than you think and whatever your needs — a family holiday by the sea — a weekend break in unspoilt countryside — or just a day out , a warm West Country welcome awaits you in Sedgemoor . |
| 3 | During the European Parliament 's plenary session between 6 and 10 July , MEPs called for Community social legislation to deal with road transport drivers ' working conditions . |
| 4 | Mixed reaction to hike in road fund duty and fuel |
| 5 | The tragedy prompted people living in the area to campaign for road improvements . |
| 6 | A NEW service which is expected to encourage more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 7 | A NEW service which is A expected to encourage A more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 8 | So top marks to all the local club drivers who managed to keep on road |
| 9 | The cans of beans go to market by road . |
| 10 | George David Watson , 25 , of Windsor Oval , Thornaby , admitted using motor van with record sheet withdrawn without proper authorisation , using motor van with incomplete record sheet and causing motor vehicle to wait on road designed as clearway , fined £250 plus £20 costs . |
| 11 | That 's right , we used to go to Road Methodist and erm we got up to all sorts of capers there you know . |
| 12 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 13 | For thirty Belgian francs a month he lodged with a pedlar by the name of van der Haegen who lived at Paturages , not far from Mons ( the house was demolished in the early 1960s to allow for road widening ) . |
| 14 | Environmentalists have condemned governmment moves to speed up road construction , which could mean that a controversial new bypass is built sooner than expected . |
| 15 | Covered pedestrian access , with lifts and inclines but no stairs ( which for the disabled and those with luggage and or small children , can cause major problems ) would enable passengers to transfer from road to rail etc in comparative comfort . |
| 16 | Is it possible to improve off road driving and what are the biggest possible tyres ? |
| 17 | This discussion will be even more urgent if it becomes common for criminal proceedings to arise from road traffic accidents . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State for Transport , Malcolm Rifkind , has signalled a shift in government transport policy by declaring his intention to encourage freight traffic to move from road to rail , in part by ending British Rail 's monopoly on freight , to improve public transport in cities and to investigate " road pricing " to cut congestion . |
| 19 | On the return journey to canton Bern some people may , for variety , choose to take by road or rail the faster route from Luzern to Bern ( or Thun ) by way of the Emmental . |
| 20 | It was also a pleasant break from air-travel to go by road from Agra to Delhi , and to see something of the country . |
| 21 | Chemicals that in the Common Market are not allowed to travel by road , they 're forced on to rail . |
| 22 | Those 3 miles were the only ones the clay would have to travel by road on its journey via Liverpool and the Trent and Mersey canal to Wedgwood 's canalside Etruria . |