Below you will find example sentences with "grand fleet". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Grand Fleet in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 17
- Discovered as a combination around: fleet
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "grand fleet" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as britain s grand fleet the first, by the grand fleet he no, jellicoe, high and seas stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with grand prix, grand forks, grand jury, british fleet and german fleet, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with grand fleet
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Jellicoe's Grand Fleet was split into two sections. (9 words)
They failed to report enemy positions, contrary to the Grand Fleet's Battle Plan. (14 words)
After Luffy took down Doflamingo, Bartolomeo became a member of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. (15 words)
Further, after the 19 August advance was nearly intercepted by the Grand Fleet, he no longer believed that it would be possible to trap a single squadron of Royal Navy warships without having the Grand Fleet intervene before he could return to port. (43 words)
Brooks, p. 232-237 Jellicoe certainly made no significant mistakes during the battle: based on limited intelligence, he correctly deployed the Grand Fleet with a turn to port so as to " cross the T " of the German High Seas Fleet as it appeared. (43 words)
Germany's High Seas Fleet's intention was to lure out, trap and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, as the German naval force was insufficient to openly engage the entire British fleet. (34 words)
Example sentences (17)
Germany's High Seas Fleet's intention was to lure out, trap and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, as the German naval force was insufficient to openly engage the entire British fleet.
Further, after the 19 August advance was nearly intercepted by the Grand Fleet, he no longer believed that it would be possible to trap a single squadron of Royal Navy warships without having the Grand Fleet intervene before he could return to port.
In any case, the Grand Fleet then held presumptive dominance over the High Seas Fleet, and the battleships remaining on the western side of the Atlantic made up a capable reserve.
Brooks, p. 232-237 Jellicoe certainly made no significant mistakes during the battle: based on limited intelligence, he correctly deployed the Grand Fleet with a turn to port so as to " cross the T " of the German High Seas Fleet as it appeared.
However, Scheer seems to have quickly realised that further battles with a similar rate of attrition would exhaust the High Seas Fleet long before it reduced the Grand Fleet.
Nevertheless, Luffy settles on a compromise: if the Straw Hat Pirates are ever in trouble, they'll call the Grand Fleet for assistance.
Some other members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet certainly needed more strength as well as recognition.
This flag is flown from the sails of the Totto Land Grand Fleet's warships and the Whole Cake Island as well.
Vanguard served with the Grand Fleet for most of the war, surviving Jutland and several other less consequential actions.
After Luffy took down Doflamingo, Bartolomeo became a member of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
Defeating the Grand Fleet would undoubtedly have taken a severe toll on the Germans; many ships would have taken months to repair.
Jellicoe managed to trap the Germans on the wrong side of the Grand Fleet, but in a confused night action most of the German ships passed through the British line, and to safety.
Beatty succeeded Admiral John Jellicoe as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet and received promotion to the acting rank of admiral in December 1916.
Britain's Grand Fleet The first two years of war saw the Royal Navy's battleships and battlecruisers regularly "sweep" the North Sea making sure that no German ships could get in or out.
Jellicoe's Grand Fleet was split into two sections.
Jellicoe was promoted away from active command to become First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, while Beatty replaced him as commander of the Grand Fleet.
They failed to report enemy positions, contrary to the Grand Fleet's Battle Plan.