Example sentences of "[to-vb] by rail " in BNC.
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| 1 | To quote a price by rail is quite simple and to despatch by rail a matter of plainest routine , but it is not so with canals . |
| 2 | In Austria the government 's decision on Feb. 5 to allow 103 US M-88 tanks to cross by rail from Germany to Italy resulted in a bomb attack on the railway line near Innsbruck on the night of Feb. 8-9 . |
| 3 | People also came to market by rail , from Newport , Buckingham , Bletchley , Towcester and the villages around , and of course , on foot . |
| 4 | After sketching the steamboat , as she lay in the bay unlading her cargo , from the bridge over the water that divides Pultneytown from the old town of Wick , I got into one of the boats leaving the pier , and was landed on board the ‘ St. Nicholas , ’ thinking it would be more pleasant to visit Thurso by sailing round the coast than to go by rail . |
| 5 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 6 | ( A better alternative might be to travel by rail or plane to L'Orient , 30 miles west , and rent a car . ) |
| 7 | Moreover , whereas it may be easy to collect fixed charges from consumers with telephone or gas installations , it is harder to enforce a fixed charge for the right to travel by rail and a fare per journey reflecting marginal cost . |
| 8 | Neither is it an expensive luxury for those who prefer to travel by rail . |