(n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hillary Clinton said that people who are pro-life have to change our religious beliefs,” said Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal in a statement released by the American Future project , which is backing his undeclared presidential campaign.
(2) 3.51pm GMT 116 min: John Motson says that Bobby Robson told him this afternoon that the five penalty takers, if needed, would be Lineker, Beardsley, Gascoigne, Pearce and Platt.
(3) Two days later, Bobby Hutton, a 17- year-old member of the Black Panthers, was killed in a shoot-out with police in Oakland, California.
(4) Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, and Paul Ryan are all not so far-fetched names for a run in 2016.
(5) Bobby said he was going to call his band the Powerhouse of Oz.
(6) He is like a Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law who I remember watching – the whole club here is a legend.” Martino was certainly correct when he said during the build up – probably to the consternation of the promoter – that there was no way the match would have any bearing on this year’s Ballon d’Or.
(7) Sir Bobby Charlton, who is now a United director, will not have his record haul of 49 England goals taken from him just yet.
(8) According to Titz, Charlie approached him at his studio when he was photographing artist Bobby West Tjupurrula and said, “hey mate, can you take my photo?” “He was travelling with a band of people from Kiwirrkurra,” Titz says.
(9) His refusal to endorse evolution hardly distinguishes him from the other Republican presidential hopefuls, but Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal can point to an unmatched achievement as he formally kicks off his campaign: signing a law that paved the way for creationism to be taught in schools.
(10) Bobby Zamora, who scored off the bench in his last two appearances was thrown on in search of a winner, but to no avail for the Championship leaders.
(11) Wayne Rooney breaks Bobby Charlton's England goalscoring record Read more Yet this win was a tale of two strikers.
(12) Ferdinand has played well but the comparisons with 'the late, great' Bobby Moore are premature.
(13) In the White House, a bet-hedging President John Kennedy and his attorney general brother Bobby, rightly fearing the loss of Dixiecrat votes in the '64 presidential election, pleaded with King and the organizers to delay, postpone or tone down the event.
(14) Replying for the Republicans, Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana governor and a rising star of the party, opposed Obama's spending plans, saying it would leave future generations in debt, and advocated cutting taxes.
(15) Gifs created by Topher Price, Bobby Finger, Lacey Micallef and Mr Gif
(16) The single most depressing thing one could say about a baseball franchise, of course, would be that they hired Bobby Valentine as their new manager, which is just what the Red Sox said after the worst September collapse in their history.
(17) On Monday, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, one of 17 Republican candidates and four sitting governors , ended a state contract for Medicaid funding to the group on Monday, saying Planned Parenthood showed a “ fundamental disrespect for human life ”.
(18) They duly served their purpose in crippling trade unionism, above all during the 1984-85 miners' strike, the British bobby's unfinest hour.
(19) They offer what Bobby Kennedy referred to as “those things that make life worthwhile”, of which money, GDP, and claims of economic recovery take no account.
(20) The players’ union official, Bobby Barnes, has reminded Sterling of his responsibilities as a role model but said the controversy was merely “a minor blip” and the Liverpool player should be treated with understanding.
Railway
Definition:
(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Trans-Siberian railway , the greatest train journey in the world, is where our love story began.
(2) "Speed is not the main reason for building the new railway.
(3) It is the biggest privatisation since John Major sold the railways in the 1990s.
(4) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
(5) The Conservatives have held back the development of garden cities on the scale necessary, but if Liberal Democrats are part of the next government, we will ensure at least 10 get under way – with up to five along this new garden cities railway, bringing new homes and jobs to the brainbelt of south-east England.” The Lib Dems insist they are planning to act in the national interest and are not motivated by electoral considerations.
(6) Demolition of a steel railway bridge was carried out by nine workers using flame-torch cutting.
(7) She consciously destroyed the workforces in places like the railways, for example, and the mines, and the steelworks … so that transition from adolescence to adulthood was destroyed, consciously, and knowingly.
(8) The railway between Norwich and Ely was blocked when strong winds caused power lines to fall across the tracks.
(9) Where the cycle track is signed to the left, continue on the footpath straight ahead, which runs beside the main railway - this will take you to Didcot station.
(10) A Department for Transport spokesman said the money was available now, adding that it was to deliver 10 projects along the western route, including works at Cowley Bridge in Exeter, which would improve the railway's ability to withstand extreme weather.
(11) Khan said the garden bridge could rival New York’s high line, a public park built on a 1.45-mile elevated former railway.
(12) Trains in the northern Netherlands were halted, Dutch Railways said.
(13) While we do have the safest railway in Europe, we have the oldest railway in Europe … It [HS2] is essential for growth."
(14) Britain's railway was being run at a cost 40% higher than in four comparable countries (France, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands).
(15) Martin Frobisher, the area director for Network Rail, said: "The Northern Hub and electrification programme is the biggest investment in the railway in the north of England for a generation and will transform rail travel for millions of passengers every year."
(16) The editor of the Sheffield Star has demanded an explanation as to why his reporter, Alex Evans, was warned off filming a protest against cuts to free travel provision for pensioners and disabled people by railway staff officers on Monday.
(17) An obvious comparison, made by Gensler, is with the High Line in New York, the phenomenally successful park made out of an old railway viaduct, which like the River Park is long and thin.
(18) The road is the main route into Leeds from the south and links the city centre and railways stations to the M1, M621 and M62 motorways.
(19) The role of South African Railways and Harbours in spreading disease and health care is examined.
(20) I came to an overpass and looked at the railway lines beneath me.