Below you will find example sentences with "small boats". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Small Boats in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: boats
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "small boats" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about the small boats legislation is, action on small boats and culture, government, home and braverman stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with small businesses, small business, small amounts, torpedo boats and patrol boats, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with small boats
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
It has in fact a small bay where it is possible to relax on small boats. (16 words)
Modern pirates favor small boats and taking advantage of the small number of crew members on modern cargo vessels. (19 words)
A Freedom of Information request revealed the cost of works at arriving on small boats are detained for initial processing. (20 words)
A shocking case in which the Home Office did not cover itself in glory, concerned the seizure of phones from asylum seekers and others arriving on small boats and the subsequent mass copying of the data the phones held. (39 words)
But Mrs Braverman could still remain a thorn in the Prime Minister’s side as a vocal supporter of tougher action on small boats and culture war issues, as well as a potential leadership challenger for the Tory right. (39 words)
Sailboat racing ranges from single person dinghy racing to large boats with 10 or 20 crew and from small boats costing a few thousand dollars to multimillion-dollar America's Cup or Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race campaigns. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Coastal fishing by small boats, set nets, or breeding techniques accounts for about one third of the industry's total production, while offshore fishing by medium-sized boats makes up for more than half the total production.
Military assault boats are small boats propelled by oars or an outboard motor and used to ferry dismounted infantry across water.
Sailboat racing ranges from single person dinghy racing to large boats with 10 or 20 crew and from small boats costing a few thousand dollars to multimillion-dollar America's Cup or Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race campaigns.
Four small boats then attacked the same cargo ship with small arms fire early Sunday and rebels tried to board the vessel, the US Navy said.
It has in fact a small bay where it is possible to relax on small boats.
Modern pirates favor small boats and taking advantage of the small number of crew members on modern cargo vessels.
A Freedom of Information request revealed the cost of works at arriving on small boats are detained for initial processing.
Almost 25,000 migrants have arrived on small boats since January, although that is around a quarter down on the same period last year.
And he said the latest government statistics showed “less than 1%” of people who have arrived on small boats had been processed.
A shocking case in which the Home Office did not cover itself in glory, concerned the seizure of phones from asylum seekers and others arriving on small boats and the subsequent mass copying of the data the phones held.
But Mrs Braverman could still remain a thorn in the Prime Minister’s side as a vocal supporter of tougher action on small boats and culture war issues, as well as a potential leadership challenger for the Tory right.
Claiming that these laws go further than any government has gone before, he adds, "Second, I've secured the largest ever small boats deal with France, which will see 40% more patrols on French beaches.
Earlier this week Sunak tried to relaunch his premiership by offering five promises to turn around the economy, cut NHS waiting lists and "stop the small boats" by the election in 2024.
He stopped short of criticising Suella Braverman for some of her inflammatory rhetoric on small boats, but admits he would not have used the words himself.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has distanced himself from figures that show the government’s plan to detain and deport people who arrive in the UK on small boats could cost up to £6 billion.
In a crucial landmark, the French authorities are intercepting more than 50 per cent of small boats in the Channel for the first time, compared with 42 per cent last year.
In a letter to MPs, seen by HuffPost UK, the home secretary admitted parts of her plan to stop small boats might be “incompatible” with the European Convention on Human Rights.
It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday that would make asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to the UK on small boats.
It passed its controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis this week after defeating a final series of Commons challenges by Tory moderates.
Kaveh Solhekol argued that the BBC pulling the Match of the Day host from the air over his tweet about the small boats legislation is unfair.