| 词汇 | example_english_sewer |
| 释义 | Examples of sewerThese 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. Trucks of the streets and sewers departments were used in moving the flood menaced families to various school houses located on higher grounds. We retrieved our equipment and recarpeted the sewers. Their salaries merely covered their supervision of the repair and cleansing of sewers. Her house was not directly connected to the sewers of the commission, and existed on an elevation. There are other important legal issues surrounding sewers not discussed in this article. Low levels of capital expenditure on sewers do not mean that improvements were not taking place in the collection and disposal of wastes. In terms of their construction costs, sewers and streets are far less capital-intensive than water supply. Such sewers differed from the emphasis on comprehensiveness and system that characterized the new kind of sewerage. The neighbourhood has good street conditions, natural gas, electrical power, sewers, public lighting, and a refuse-collection service. The large faintly speckled area in the upper left of the map is an area of parkland with no sewers or manholes. In fact, the vast majority of the capital's sewers had long possessed semi-circular bottoms. As we have already noted, in 1901-1905 (the years of peak investment in all services) sewers were still only receiving half the capital expenditure annually dedicated to water. Though most commissions rated many property owners who were not directly connected to the sewers, they did omit selected groups of ratepayers deemed to derive no benefit. The early negative effect of misguided sanitary investment was not fully cancelled out until the major increase in investment in sewers and streets began in the 1890s. The plot is a bit of an urban leftover, an eccentric combination of fragments of subdivided lots, traversed by both sanitary and open storm sewers [5]. As a journalist involved in the debate stated at the beginning of the century, the mandate of the municipality was to look after sewers, roads and ®res. Leaders of the public health movement helped turn public and legislative opinion against the regime of collection and cartage, promoting instead the removal of waste by water-carriage through sewers. Complications specific to the planning, funding and construction of sewerage systems were a further element in the pattern of delayed investment in sewers described by our capital expenditure data. There is no obligation for the companies to keep records of connections to water mains or of private sewers or drains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Responsibility for uprating unadopted sewers to adoptable standards rests with the owners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sewerage undertakers have powers to control and reduce discharges of fat and oil into sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose we employed a few people who had been declared redundant to look after the sewers, to repair them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The condition of our sewers is therefore being addressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that one must give some credit to the engineers who built the sewers for the fall in the number of infectious diseases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Storm sewers will overflow as a result of flash floods, and real damage will be caused. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water authorities have no control over the amount of effluent carried by particular sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Site preparation ordinarily includes the making of the roads and putting in sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tenders have been invited for the preparation of roads and sewers on sites for 50 houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The distribution of food and water had been severely disrupted; sewers had been broken, medical supplies destroyed; doctors and nurses were not to be found. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My next point is that when the sewers have been made to work one has to ask oneself: what do they do with the sewage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the particular matters of water mains and sewers, it is perfectly true that there should be more operational research before we undertake vast programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The troubles that we have today with our sewers are the troubles which these countries are going to have tomorrow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that if nothing is done, there will be a great many "votes in sewers" in a year or two's time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not clear whether the communications of sewers are in the same position as water pipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of that work has been referred to previously: repairing the roads; repairing and rebuilding the sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that role is essential—it is rather like the mysterious subterranean way in which the sewers support civilisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have the materials with which to build them; the roads and sewers are available for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes indeed, and in the sewers, as my noble friend reminds me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The 10 years may be taken up by negotiation about sites, planning, finance, and sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, sewers become one of their interests, amongst others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment would not cover escapes of sewage from the numerous private sewers which exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no specific duty on water and sewerage companies in relation to the control of rats in sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to make plans for drains, sewers, roads, housing and all kinds of aspects of our work in local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall now move on to the adoption of sewers, an issue that has already been raised several times in our debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, there is the issue of private sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In starting from scratch the provision of basic services such as gas, water, electricity, roads, telephones, sewers and so on, has been very expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The company spent £155 million on new sewers and £275 million on new treatment works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is machinery which sometimes works throughout the night; there are sewers which have been blocked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the responsibilities were divided, local authorities would have to look after sewers but not the plants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The drafters wished to make it abundantly plain to any outside body that it must not interfere with sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We find it under different headings—agriculture, horticulture, roads, in some cases sewers, housing, schools, and hospitals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am talking about the renewal of sewers, housing, hospitals and many other things that come under the so-called umbrella of capital expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion has the attraction from the residents' point of view that their sewers would be adopted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no separate breakdown of renewal expenditure on water mains and sewers within this total. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As far as sewers are concerned, it is even worse, and rightly so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have water supplies, sewers, cinemas, hospitals, schools, pubs and clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was still degradation, water supplies were still toxic and children were still playing by open sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, no thought was given to future development by the land speculators, and consequently no roads or sewers were ever constructed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One could have argued that some of the money should be used to build up and repair the infrastructure—houses, roads, sewers or whatever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is currently no reliable information on the extent of private (unadopted) sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reasonable cost limit for connection to the public sewers will also be increased from £2,300 to £4,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consequently, we should get exactly the same result by referring to the category of large sewers—whether 12ft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several hundred people in my constituency live in properties which are not connected to the main sewers, and they face alarming costs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My information is that it is the all-in cost for land, roads and sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As has been said already, perhaps the most important alteration we have made is with regard to drains and sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The third is investment of public sector capital in new and improved houses, roads, schools, hospitals and sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither does it cover the decaying schools, sewers, highways or footpaths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A research contract will shortly be let to ascertain the extent and condition of unadopted sewers, identify any problems and produce costed solutions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not hold any figures about the type or number of properties connected or not connected to mains sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would not the use of soft detergent considerably reduce foam and also the amount of detergent left in sewers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same thing could happen with the sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same applies to sewers, water supplies and roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Expenditure on land, roads, sewers and fees has not been taken into account in this calculation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The existing sewers are really not sufficiently large to take this amount of water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The authorisations prescribe discharge into drainage systems which could include public sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A final measure concerned with the control of pollution deals with the discharge of trade effluent to sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The county council also has difficulties with roads and sewers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the mining areas the renewing of sewers is an important matterowing to the heavy subsidences caused by underground workings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has spent capital upon it—upon drainage and upon sewers, and, in many cases, upon private works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The allied question of our public cleansing system, our baths and sewers, is a very vital question which we cannot adequately discuss to-night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have built houses and roads, and sewers and curbs; and this large plot is now in the process of development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have taken out of our pockets at least £2,000 for the making of roads, channeling and sewering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of our sewers were built in the last century and are in a state of collapse and need major investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sewers, drains, gas, telephones and the fire and health services cannot cope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were areas of parkland that had no sewers and areas of housing which had no recorded takes. There is no current simple (single factor) evidence to link the hotspots with the age of sewers or the type of human housing or activity. Down in the sewers, where visible markers of wealth and status are non-existent, class distinctions become meaningless. By 1845, a series of judicial decisions had exacerbated a crisis of financing in metropolitan sewers' work, and new legislation was urgently required. The houses are built without sewers, the drainage of a generation sitting in cesspools beneath them. Another explanation for high current expenditure on streets was the level of capital investment in sewers and water supply. There was clearly very little early investment in sewers by the local authorities in our sample. The second major choice, combined sewers, had the ironic effect of cleaning up one city by poisoning the water supplies of neighbouring places downstream. Initially, no consensus existed regarding the provision of streets, sidewalks, water connections and sewers. In the nineteenth century, the idea that the sewers tax could only be levied on those receiving benefit or avoiding damage was well entrenched. Untreated sewage and other animal waste can be released into rivers, especially in areas where there are no sewers. There is, therefore, some cross-borough evidence to suggest that the rodents occur in sewers on higher ground. Although these maps were often hand-drawn and rudimentary, others were architectural and engineering blueprints, which indicated the precise placement of proposed sewers and roads. On the other hand, the relatively low level of capital expenditure on sewers may be a misleading indicator of the importance attached to wastedisposal systems. The project also included a system of sewers. 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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