BOAT OPERATOR collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of boat and operator
boat
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/bəʊt/us
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/boʊt/
a small vehicle for travelling ...
operator
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/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
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/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
Examples of boat operator
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Tax law provides that those payments should be treated in exactly the same way as any payment that a boat operator would have received had his boat been sold.
The boat operator remained in business following the accident.
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To get there one would need to pay a local boat operator some kip to take you across to the island.
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The boat operator hook is a symbol of navigation, which was once so important in the region.
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He was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits.
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The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.
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The service is in the class which has attracted the highest increase, and, like the small boat operators, they had virtually no notice of it.
If boat operators facing serious financial problems—or even bankruptcy, in the most draconian side of the market—sell their boats, what happens?
Many firms of boat builders and boat operators are holding back investment because of the uncertainty.
The promotion has been a great success, and links have been formed with local canal societies, inland waterway groups, hire boat operators, museums and others.
A proposed steering committee for small passenger boats will include three marine directorate district chief surveyors and representatives of the small passenger boat operators' associations.
The brokers of those "fishing opportunities" make a living by selling licences to the third parties, who may be flag boat operators (quota hoppers).
Some small boat operators have been driven to defy this unfair ban because of the shortage of other species of fish.
That transfer will occur without the consent of the boat operators by operation of the law.
I certainly accept that circumstances can arise in which there is duplication of licensing controls and that this can be confusing and inconvenient to pleasure boat operators.
Provided we set about it in the right way, this should work to the advantage of all concerned—the licensing authorities, the pleasure boat operators and the boat-going public.
Boat operators are not permitted to dump oil into the bilge of their boat without means for proper disposal.
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Three jet boat operators have rights to use the river, as do two rafting companies.
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Various passenger and equipment services are offered by private boat operators.
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