transport chain

collocation in English

meaningsoftransportandchain

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transport
noun
uk
/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition oftransportandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftransport chain

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During ischaemia, when oxygen supply is limited, the electrontransportchainof the inner mitochondrial membrane becomes highly reduced.
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Together with aa it acts at the end of thetransportchainas a complex called cytochrome c oxidase.
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Reactive oxygen species may be reduced because of the slowing of the electrontransportchain, thereby reducing lipid, protein and/or nucleic acid oxidative damage.
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They are obviously a vital part of thetransportchain, especially for those who have access to cars.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Why should the port authorities be the only people in thetransportchainwho cannot charge what they like?
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Like the ports, the railways are also part of thetransportchainand are therefore under an obligation to develop sustainable transport.
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It must be fully integrated in thetransportchainand be offered through one-stop shops.
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Docks and harbours are a very important link in ourtransportchain.
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Certainly until helicopters become a common feature of our transport existence, the one segment in thetransportchainwhich is essential is the docks.
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Access to the vehicles themselves is only part of the solution to creating a fully accessibletransportchain.
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It is an industry which exists, as part of thetransportchain, to serve the needs of commerce and, more specifically, of importers and exporters.
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It has been a thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion of an important but much neglected part of thetransportchain.
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By damaging, quite unnecessarily, a key link in thetransportchain, it will make exporting and importing more difficult and more expensive.
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It should be possible to link cargos more smoothly to other parts of thetransportchain.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Port facilities are no longer gateways between home and foreign markets but links in a continuoustransportchainwithin a single worldwide market.
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Short sea shipping is therefore not a competitor of road transport, the train or transport using inland waterways, it is one of the modes in thetransportchain.
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This allows for it to be oxidized via the electrontransportchain.
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Most microbes respire (use an electrontransportchain), although oxygen is not the only terminal electron acceptor that may be used.
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During this process (electrontransportchain) the electron acceptor is reduced and the electron donor is oxidized.
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