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mothball sentence examples

  • Mothball spare power stations in order to save running costs.
  • Mothballs for three years.
  • Mothball fleet since.
  • If roll shrinks further and surplus space increases then mothballing and community use still applies.
  • In practice nearly all lines mothballed in the 1960s decayed and never reopened.
  • And between 800 and 1,000 plasma screens, worth £ 3million, were also mothballed.
  • However, a large number of the distilleries mothballed in 1900 remain closed to this day, and in some cases have been demolished.
  • Mothballing capacity.
  • Mothballed 20 years ago because ' dry ' production techniques could not match modern health standards.
  • Mothballed section of the railroad, from hazelhurst railroad aqueduct.

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