Sentence examples for a docks from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a docks" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "a dock" if referring to a single dock or "docks" if referring to multiple docks without the article.
Example: "We need to find a dock to moor the boat for the night."
Alternatives: "a harbor" or "a port."

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Born in Greenwich, south London, in 1930, the son of a docks tally clerk, Alan was educated at Morden Terrace School, Lewisham.

Last year saw cultural events bring £55m into the local economy and 50 cruise liners berthing in a docks area once written off as a relic.

A neighbour bought an un-marked water-damaged container at a docks auction and asked for help (unsuccessfully) selling the yellow tractor-tyre-sized parmesans inside.

They manned an amphibious base which included a hospital built in Hakin and a docks complex at Newton Noyes.

When the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815 the need for a Docks to build and repair warships declined; the Docks shifted from shipbuilding to concentrate on victualling at the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard, and the Royal Dock closed in 1869.

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"My Irish grandfather was a dock labourer.

We would be doctors without a dock".

We have five decks and a dock.

It has two decks, a dock and a boat slip.

There is a dock with a covered boat slip.

There is a dive center with a dock.

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