Below you will find example sentences with "customs officials". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Customs Officials in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: customs
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.3 words

Words in this phrase

customs officials

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • customs can mean: The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods. Frequent word
  • officials can mean: plural of official Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

border and customs officials freed from 1× by the customs officials after crossing 1× chennai air customs officials 1× collaboration of customs officials 1× customs officials allegedly confiscated 1× customs officials caught a 1× customs officials have been 1× customs officials on wednesday 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a trader may 1× after the beirut 1× border and customs 1× customs officials allegedly 1× customs officials caught 1× customs officials have 1×

Common sentence endings:

abu sahiy market 1× air customs officials 1× allegedly smuggling gold 1× at other crossings 1× currency exchange rates 1× customs enforcement said 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

goods 3× may 2× duty 2× items 2× imports 2× important 2× year 2× economic 2× airport 2× allegedly 2× intercepted 2× flight 2×

Related phrases

government officials health officials elected officials ukrainian officials administration officials election officials customs duties customs enforcement iranian officials customs service

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around customs:

customs duties 12× customs service 11× customs union 10× customs duty 8× nigeria customs 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

customs enforcement customs duty customs duties customer support customer service customer satisfaction

Just after it in the phrase index:

customs service customs union cut loose cut off cut rates cutoff frequency

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

customs duties customs enforcement customs service customs union customs duty

Same ending:

government officials health officials elected officials ukrainian officials administration officials election officials

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "customs officials" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as border and customs officials freed from, by the customs officials after crossing, goods, may and duty stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with government officials, health officials, elected officials, customs duties, customs service and customs union, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with customs officials

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Items seized by the Chennai Air Customs officials. (8 words)

He was intercepted by the Customs officials after crossing the Green Channel. (12 words)

Border and customs officials freed from car checks will work at other crossings. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Customs officials say Uruguay’s controls focus on imports, not exports, which are important to the economy and which no one wants to threaten, said Leonardo Couto, a customs broker who participated in meetings seeking to improve the export control system. (41 words)

A trader may also evade duty by misrepresenting traded goods, categorizing goods as items which attract lower customs duties. the Evasion of customs duty may take place with or without the collaboration of customs officials. (35 words)

Testing has been ramped up on incoming food shipments, and customs officials Friday said they were halting imports from three Ecuadorian shrimp producers after tests showed the presence of the virus in recent shipments. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

A trader may also evade duty by misrepresenting traded goods, categorizing goods as items which attract lower customs duties. the Evasion of customs duty may take place with or without the collaboration of customs officials.

Customs officials say Uruguay’s controls focus on imports, not exports, which are important to the economy and which no one wants to threaten, said Leonardo Couto, a customs broker who participated in meetings seeking to improve the export control system.

Customs officials on Wednesday returned thousands of artifacts illegally smuggled out of Iraq by arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

The theme chosen by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) this year is: A secure business environment for economic development which recognises the important role of customs officials in the society.

Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday.

Border and customs officials freed from car checks will work at other crossings.

Customs officials allegedly confiscated the jewellery from the backpack of a government staffer returning from Saudi Arabia in October 2021, while Bolsonaro was still in office.

He was intercepted by the Customs officials after crossing the Green Channel.

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Prosecutors and tax and customs officials launched a series of inspections against the previously untouchable Abu Sahiy market.

Surly TSA agents, stomach churning in-flight turbulence, miserable customs officials, misguided guidebooks, crowded, overpriced tourist traps, potential illnesses, exorbitant currency exchange rates.

Nishida said that customs officials' limited English-language ability led to mistranslations and the accusation that Nelson knew what she was carrying.

The customs officials suspecting the 40 feet containers to be trafficking contraband consignment by unscrupulous impor ters intercepted the cargo movement for physical examination.

After the Beirut port blast, the Centre had asked customs officials to shift ammonium nitrate lying at ports and container freight stations to safer places.

Customs officials have been holding up clearance of Chinese goods, hampering manufacturers dependent on just-in-time deliveries.

Customs officials, one of whom gave his name as Davron, questioned the Baptists for four hours about who gave them 10 copies of “Learn the Bible” they were carrying.

Eleven passengers who arrived in Hyderabad on a Vande Bharat Mission flight have been detained by Customs officials on charges of allegedly smuggling gold.

Items seized by the Chennai Air Customs officials.

Nowadays any incident - from the closure of the only airport in the southeast last year to the sacking of Igbo shops by customs officials in economic hub Lagos - can cause grievances to flare.

Testing has been ramped up on incoming food shipments, and customs officials Friday said they were halting imports from three Ecuadorian shrimp producers after tests showed the presence of the virus in recent shipments.

The volatile chemical suspected of causing the deadly explosion that flattened Lebanon’s main port had been lying in storage there for six years despite warnings from customs officials about its hazards, documents show.

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