| 词汇 | example_english_gravel-pit |
| 释义 | Examples of gravel pitThese 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 gravelpit itself is used for angling purposes and is unsuitable as a feeding ground for birds because of its depth and steep sides. One specimen comes from a gravelpit, and another specimen was found buried in sediments below the marine limit. The gravelpit is utilized for angling purposes and comprises two lakes, which occasionally connect during rises in the water level. There is a dry gravelpit in close proximity used as a refuse tip which attracts large numbers of birds. Effects on a roach population in a gravelpit. We have decided to call in this proposal for industrial and commercial development on a former sand and gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Possibly it might be wanted for a gravelpit, for a smallholding or for an allotment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gravelpit is one of the most likely examples. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A large gravelpit or series of gravel pits may be in the ownership of an organisation specially interested in gravel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unlike a gravelpit, a well is not easily seen, and not easily quantifiable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The site is a worked out gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the case of a gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might fall, for instance, into a disused gravelpit, or branches of elm trees might fall upon them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That might make a neat regime, but it takes no account of the actual location of the gravelpit in a county. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water in the gravelpit may come wholly or mainly from underground—which is normally where gravelpit water comes from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the best will in the world, it is a gravelpit which is past its best. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reservoir, the gravelpit and river, whilst technically being water space, are different kinds of water space. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The land previously was a gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it might be a gravelpit now, but whatever it is it was a place, within living memory, where people could go and seek recreation and enjoy themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that there is this gravelpit, and gravel is being taken out at the rate of, say, for example, 100 tons a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are going to use a gravelpit for dirt track racing, and they are putting it down on a low level to mask the sound. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think he would wish to prevent an estate from opening up a gravelpit or allow any tenant to stop what would be good estate management. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It means that he is giving up the life of that gravelpit at twice the speed he normally would, that it will last only half the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that there may be occasions when it would be convenient to have, say, motorcycle trials or an aquatic country park in a gravelpit, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several smaller lakes within the city were created by gravelpit mining or as stormwater retention areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the early 1930s two bridges were added, and an amphitheater built in the late 1930s on the site of a former gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its former rural community partly remains following the construction of nearby motorways and gravelpit extraction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was a former brick and gravelpit, the area became a landfill site, which closed in 1973. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has a gravelpit that had been abandoned for many years before the exploitation works began again in 2008. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A gravelpit, opened in the mid-1800s, existed there previously. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The river's landscape is now dominated by mature gravelpit lakes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Due to the former use as gravelpit the park level is between five to seven metres below the surrounding street level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The south side of the gravelpit was for fishing, boating and picnicking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When digging hit the water table, the gravelpit flooded and the lake was formed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The third letter, again about the gravelpit and ranch, resulted in his suspension from caucus for three months. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The public house was near a gravelpit that was used for staging bare-knuckle fist fights, and was probably itself named after the sport. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A field adjoining the site became a gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The line was cut back south of the station to serve a gravelpit from 1972, but this in turn closed in 1991. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mall was constructed on the site of a former gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Today, there is nothing there but scrub land on the eastern side of the former gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Another defector claimed that athletes were dragged through a gravelpit and subsequently immersed in a sewage tank to induce infection in the victims' wounds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later in the century a gravelpit operated in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The name is a contraction of gravelpit, several of which are in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lake was once a gravelpit, but then included a sandy beach with swimming, water slides and it supports fishing and recreational boating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This land has an inactive gravelpit against the hollow wall. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because of their poor storage and disposal practices, industrial waste was discharged into the soil, river, wetlands, and a gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a 5.4 ha gravelpit south of the by-pass and a 5.7 ha gravelpit north of the by-pass. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The layout was a banked oval, utilizing the steep sides of the old gravelpit which the circuit was built on. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Behind the woodland is a large lake, the site of a former gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some large lakes are located to the north of the channel, which were formerly a sand and gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The built and paved area of about five acres (two hectares) in the middle of the site was formerly a backfilled gravelpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Though originally a gravelpit, nature has reclaimed it and it is now an area of woods, brushwood and ponds a jewel of nature in the middle of the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Smaller draglines were also commonly used before hydraulic excavators came into common use, the smaller draglines are now rarely used other than on river and gravelpit works. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He thinks that the popular view is that the earth is like a gravelpit or a hardware store, that the earth is just stuff to be used. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 27 counties, 5,500 acres of gravel pits are being used for recreation by 168 fishing, sailing, water ski-ing and canoeing clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am the representative of a constituency that has been ravaged by gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These petrol engines running on rails at these various sand-pits, gravel pits, and so on, feed the railways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, of course, where the excavations and holes include gravel pits, these can be very attractive when the water level comes up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country we have a great many gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is scored over with airfields, gravel pits and reservoirs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The others are by rivers, lakes, reservoirs, disused gravel pits and anywhere where people can find a stretch of water on which to sail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the land is not left devastated as with the derelict gravel pits which disfigure our land in so many places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The forgotten boundary wiggles forlornly through the centre of the reservoirs and gravel pits along the line of the old riverbed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware that before the present planning arrangements were operative, many disused gravel pits were left derelict. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are wet gravel pits which in the past have remained as a wound on the landscape. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we have even begun to exhaust the use of gravel pits if they are properly planned in advance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present no appeals relating to the recreational use of disused sand and gravel pits are before my right honourable friend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should also like to see action to encourage a sensible approach to the filling up of gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he also remember that gravel pits can be usefully developed for the general good as recreational facilities? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he give every encouragement to local authorities to further the use of gravel pits in that way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he not agree, in examining the subject of water space, that gravel pits and reservoirs are very different from canals and rivers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some cases there are natural gravel pits and in other cases disused pits in which it could be put. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rest is open forest, commons, sand and gravel pits, building land and a great many other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems that the directive is primarily aimed at things such as gravel pits, motorways and large-scale factory developments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We get a lot of pleasure from them, but they also have implications for gravel pits and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same applies, although without the smells, to gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of one firm which had a large area of gravel pits which, ultimately, they wanted to turn into a boating and leisure centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some firms own gravel pits on both sides of the frontier and operate, as commercial advantages dictate, across it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not know that gravel pits have to be dug to get the gravel, and does not that employ men? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another of the less attractive parts covers the gravel pits with their heavy lorries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another aspect of this problem is the question of quarries and gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to make provision to deal with the question of underground extraction and gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country we have a large number of disused gravel pits which may prove suitable places for the long-term storage of elm timber logs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will mean building more gravel pits in this part of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were at the mercy of speculators who have gravel pits and who held us up for ransom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When one of the obviously suitable gravel pits in my constituency is offered for tipping, enormous numbers of people always protest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This purpose can be achieved almost as well by gravel pits or other so-called scruffy parts of the green belt as by a landscape of pristine fields and woodlands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Concerns working sand and gravel pits are in a similar position to concerns working metals or oil, and similar considerations apply to concerns working asbestos and mica. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be sensible to make a nature conservation after use, the deemed restoration condition; for example, where peatlands, gravel pits and small limestone quarries are concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of it has been destroyed, and in its place there are sand and gravel pits which are hideous to look at, and dangerous to children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 26 restores the practice which existed until 1948 under which rents and royalties from sandpits, gravel pits and brickfields are payable under deduction of tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly would like to see it drawn as widely in the definition as possible because in quite a lot of these small gravel pits nothing is for sale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, by collaboration between all concerned, the waste ash from the power stations will be pumped as slurry to fill the adjacent group of newly-worked gravel pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Man-made lakes, such as clay pits and gravel pits, often have lower visibility. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Islands and spits were created in the former gravel pits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nearby flooded gravel pits form a nature reserve for wild birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This species has expanded its range, assisted by the creation of gravel pits which give it the extensive open unvegetated areas it prefers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The park is on the site of old gravel workings, with lakes formed from gravel pits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Old, abandoned gravel pits are normally used either as nature reserves, or as amenity areas for water sports, landfills and walking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The last remnant of these gravel pits now forms an artificial lake, connected to the river by a lock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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