Sentence examples for as airstrip from inspiring English sources

The agreements that govern how these bases are used are almost as old as George Orwell's dystopian portrayal of the UK as "Airstrip One", subservient to a US-led super-state.

During World War II the atoll's central lagoon and joined islets were used as airstrips.

In one disputed area, the Spratly Islands, US officials say China has created about 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of dry land since 2014 that could be used as airstrips.

Mittal has already outlined an ambitious plan to use more than 2,000 workers to build 24 bridges, stretches of road, warehouses, fuel depots, landfills and an airstrip as well as the docks at Milne Inlet and Steensby.

The day before the taping Mr. Jackson could be found nearby, at the home he shares with his wife and his three daughters, ages 10, 14 and 17 (although "home" seems too modest a word for a property that includes a lake, a field formerly used as an airstrip and a cluster of houses).

Surrender or suicide were not an option, he was informed, and along with a cell of three other soldiers he went about discharging his duties – wrecking any area that could be used as an airstrip, keeping watch, that sort of thing.

The sand at Southport is flat and compact - which makes it ideal for use as an airstrip.

The road has also been certified as an airstrip.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will study a remote island used as an airstrip in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands that is often littered with plastic debris, the first step in a process that could eventually place it on the list of the country's most hazardous sites.

The devices cost about $65,000 to install, and airstrips as small as those in Chester, Conn., and Bennington, Vt., have them.

Local communities value the money spent by their annual visitors, who have paid for improvements to roads and airstrips, as well as paying for the means to build mosques and schools.