| 词汇 | example_english_gas-fire |
| 释义 | Examples of gas fireThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The home in which she sheltered with her husband and baby during the terrifyingly cold weather had no radiators; there was but a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will turn on the gasfire, and literally forget to light it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one buys a gasfire one connects it up to the gas main provided by the gas board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As an example of how manufacture is organised, the resource book takes the case of a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She used the middle room as a bedroom, in which she had a gasfire—a slightly more efficient source of heating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can turn off a gasfire, but one might have to keep a fire burning 24 hours a day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The day after that, organised gangs move in and strip everything worth taking—sinks, radiators, gasfire, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She told me that already she is having to go to bed in the afternoon because she cannot afford to light her gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There might, for instance, be a very old lady who has a gasfire with a pilot light. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately for him, he is 71 years old and a pensioner, and he cannot afford a new gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has a high ceilinged, two-roomed flat with a gasfire in one room. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Six months later, because there is a gasfire only a few feet away, the wood has become badly warped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That alternative is invariably an electric fire or gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a gasfire blows up, who is responsible? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no fireplace, but there was a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That still leaves those old people with 9s, a week to find from their pensions for one gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cooker converted perfectly, but the gasfire in her sitting room did not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One cannot even have a gasfire in one's home unless one has a way of getting out the exhaust fumes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have electric light, a gasfire and a hot water system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing but one lavatory and a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A coal-burning fire does not present the same magnitude of problems as a gasfire generally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither can he claim anything for repairing a movable electric or gasfire, although he may prefer that type to the fixed type. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one will contend that because a person has a gasfire in his room he is going to do any harm to anybody else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I found her huddled over her gasfire, almost in tears from the cold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many instances whole families were huddled together in the living room, where the only heating in the house was a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that there were about 500,000 visits to check on gasfire safety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A club helper examined the gasfire, which was ineffective, and discovered that a conversion part had been fitted upside down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A bus in my constituency had an open gasfire for a heater. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is someone living in a bedsitter using a meter for the gasfire a householder? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have no gasfire and frequently there is no electricity in the house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A gasfire is rather in a different category. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To take, for example, the elementary instance of a portable gasfire, such an appliance is perfectly safe if used properly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have recently had repair work carried out on my gasfire, which will cost about £60. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As regards heating, there used to be only one gasfire, but a small electric fire was brought in after two years of constant agitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His gasfire had been condemned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would cover family hot water from a multi-point plus a gas cooker in fairly regular use, plus a gasfire for about six hours' use a day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I lost everything including the gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hesitate to make suggestions because it is difficult to persuade an old person that eating properly is as important as keeping the gasfire on all day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw another case of a boy aged five who had wandered from his bedroom into his parents' room where there was an unguarded gasfire burning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The houses and flats were built in the 1920s and have no fixed heating other than one gasfire in the living room, as was standard in that period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This would involve arguments whether a gasfire for room heating is less of a pollutant than an electric fire or a heating appliance of a particular type. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who live in these bed-sitters have a gasfire or a ring fire on which to boil a kettle for a cup of tea, cocoa, or coffee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With such heaters a bottle of gas is clipped to the back of a gasfire and the whole appliance can be moved around the house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She will not switch on the electric fire or the gasfire unless she feels a grim necessity for it and considers that it is the right thing to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should not we have an old house with a number of rooms, each room with a gasfire and with a name plate on the door? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My advice is that about a million decisions are made each year on central heating boilers, and over a million households typically buy either an electric or a gasfire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case it cannot possibly be to the detriment of his neighbours whether a man has a gasfire or an electric fire in his own house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gasfire ignited garment, probably nightdress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These industrial facilities used five types of power, distributed throughout; electricity, compressed air, steam, hydraulic and coal or gasfire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They find the old boy sitting in his favourite armchair beside the gasfire (which isn't on) and he's very nearly dead... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For domestic and business users, it offers a simple way of remotely controlling electric, oil and gas fired heating systems, water heaters and air conditiners. Early coin slots could be defeated using a piezo-electric gasfire or gas oven igniter held against the steel bodywork of the cabinet, thus enabling free credits to be obtained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Those employed in gas fired power generation are regarded as part of the electricity generation industry and are not separately distinguished in centrally held statistics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gas fires and electric fires which have been put in by householders now turn out to be practically useless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figures are good, too, for gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now the provision is limited to gas fires only. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have encouraged this production and have done exactly the same for gas fires as they have done for electric fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a number of "log-effect" gas fires on the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over half a million visits are made to consumers by the corporation to check gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these properties are to be found old, faulty and poorly maintained gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the trouble is caused by the fact that old electric fires and gas fires do not carry guards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The contractor used large amounts of the tenant's electricity, kept the gas fires on, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would there be any difficulty in installing gas fires for use during the winter? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be possible to use gas fires, which would do away with all smoke? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they also saying that the new buying spree on gas fired power stations will meet any problems which arise? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They continue to save children's lives today, despite the reduced risk resulting from not having coal fires; we still have gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the 1950s and 1960s experts advocated the removal of chimneys and gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some appliances—gas fires; gas central heating boilers, et cetera—are both. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These, of course, include radiant heat sources such as radiant gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 True, many people have electric fires and gas fires as opposed to those who use only solid fuel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be either nuclear or oil/gas fired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It deals only with one very small category of accidents that arise from electric and gas fires which are not provided with guards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consequently, some gas fires and electric heating which had previously been installed in police houses, were taken out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people may argue that electric irons, electric fires, gas fires or refrigerators are essential articles in a household. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, we have not heard brought into the equation today the capital costs of gas fired electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the old days there was only coal, but we now have electric heaters, gas fires and oil stoves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand, too, that portable gas fires cause a problem, and new ones must be bought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about those who have moved out of such houses or have had electric or gas fires installed, and who therefore rely on payments? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some appliances, such as gas fires, water heaters, and central heating boilers are, of course, covered by both definitions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I raised it at this point because new clause 4 deals with the safety of gas fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has no central heating but two gas fires, yet she cannot afford to use them both. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gas fires are a potential danger to the elderly, and they must be properly maintained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sit in lodging houses beside gas fires and wonder whether they have come all the way here to lead that kind of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not just as well refer to moveable electric and gas fires which one can plug in? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What financial compensation will there be if all the gas fittings, gas fires and gas cookers have to be removed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not like those people who have gas fires and electric fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us do not desire to have nothing but gas fires in our homes; we like the open fire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1993–94, for example, 445 dangerous boilers, 44 dangerous water heaters, 330 dangerous gas fires and 112 dangerous cookers were identified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today there are electric fires, gas fires and paraffin heaters, all of which are a potential danger to a child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While those came out of the half, the rest of the half is made up of other articles in the same groups, including electric and gas fires, and new bicycles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of gas fires, a saving of up to one-third for the same amount of useful heat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figures for fatal burns from coal fires are about 130 annually, whereas for electric fires the figure is seventy, for gas fires fifty-three and for other fires about fifty-eight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The danger of burns from electric and gas fires is great not only in the case of children, as one would expect, but also in the case of old people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They tend to move in and out of it fairly often, and perhaps do not have the time to check with their landlords whether their gas fires have been inspected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am well aware of it, but apparently these children are not of the age when they are likely to bump into electric or gas fires unprotected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot have electric fires, but there are very good gas fires on the market; they cannot have electric refrigerators, but, again, there are gas refrigerators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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