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- noun Plural form of
snowplough .
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Examples
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Johnson insisted yesterday that the capital could not cope with heavy snow, adding that the rarity of the occasion meant it would be uneconomical to spend taxpayers 'money to buy the kind of snowploughs needed in such situations.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009
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He also argued that the rarity of heavy snow in the capital meant it would be uneconomical to buy the kind of snowploughs that clear New York streets.
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"snowploughs" coming down the practice slope, but the last turn went badly and she fell.
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He also argued that the rarity of heavy snow in the capital meant it would be uneconomical to buy the kind of snowploughs that clear New York's streets. "
ConservativeHome 2009
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He also argued that the rarity of heavy snow in the capital meant it would be uneconomical to buy the kind of snowploughs that clear New York's streets. "
British Blogs 2009
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As we practised our snowploughs, the surroundings started to work their magic.
Fancy dress and a lot of bottle at Andorra's ski party Shazia Mirza 2010
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This company today bragged about giving the passengers customer service yet on Saturday a poor Virgin airbus was left on the runway trapped in the snow whilst snowploughs cleared the opposite runway.
UK snow chaos: some make it home, but thousands still stranded 2010
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Back in the UK, the row over the case for a multimillion-pound investment in snowploughs, de-icing equipment and salt stocks deepened with publication of a government-backed report by David Quarmby, chairman of the RAC Foundation, which quoted Met Office predictions that successive hard winters are rare.
UK snow chaos: some make it home, but thousands still stranded 2010
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Maybe it will need to be a matter for regulation : the CAA could for example oblige airport operators to have a certain level of equipment, number of snowploughs, etc, and prove that they can clear a runway in xx minutes, clear a stand in yy minutes, etc.
UK snow chaos: some make it home, but thousands still stranded 2010
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I am sure Boris Johnson would have said 'snowploughs,' wouldn't he, rather than 'snowplows'?
Heathrow admits chaos will carry on for days as more snow is forecast 2010
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