Get to know Oakervee better with 4 real example sentences.
Oakervee in a sentence
Context around Oakervee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oakervee
- In this selection, "oakervee" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, doug, douglas and saying stand out and add context to how "oakervee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chairman doug oakervee and chairman douglas oakervee. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oakervee" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oakervee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’ve written to Oakervee saying I won’t sign it. (11 words)
One of the first things Johnson did on taking office in July last year was to into the future of HS2, carried out by its former chairman Doug Oakervee. (29 words)
Oakervee was one of the drivers of his obsession with opposing Heathrow expansion and his plan for a massively environmentally damaging and unworkable new airport in the Thames estuary instead. (30 words)
Sources "close to the HS2 panel" are quoted as saying the proposal is "one of 13" options being considered by the review panel which is being led by former HS2 chairman Douglas Oakervee. (33 words)
Oakervee was one of the drivers of his obsession with opposing Heathrow expansion and his plan for a massively environmentally damaging and unworkable new airport in the Thames estuary instead. (30 words)
One of the first things Johnson did on taking office in July last year was to into the future of HS2, carried out by its former chairman Doug Oakervee. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
One of the first things Johnson did on taking office in July last year was to into the future of HS2, carried out by its former chairman Doug Oakervee.
I’ve written to Oakervee saying I won’t sign it.
Oakervee was one of the drivers of his obsession with opposing Heathrow expansion and his plan for a massively environmentally damaging and unworkable new airport in the Thames estuary instead.
Sources "close to the HS2 panel" are quoted as saying the proposal is "one of 13" options being considered by the review panel which is being led by former HS2 chairman Douglas Oakervee.