Sentence examples for consignments are from inspiring English sources

"Consignments are destroyed but we may pass on the details to [the authorities in] the destination country," Tiran adds.

"Most of the consignments are of Soviet design," he added.

"We hope that the remaining two or three consignments are delivered quickly".

Consignments are routinely inspected and samples analyzed upon inspection.

An agriculture department spokesman said all flower consignments were fumigated with methyl bromide before being released from quarantine.

Interestingly, consignments were of medium size (averaging about 3 kg) and showed little fluctuation.

Transport inspection of consignments is based on the use of information systems, and conveys information about trains and consignments before their arrival at the border station, making this operation more efficient and shorter.

After the sale, auctioneer Christopher Burge Christopher Burge noted, "These results were a sign of the market's strength," and he noted that most of the consignments were voluntary, not "caused by death, distress or divorce".

A year of thinner sales and anemic consignments was reversed last week at the main Impressionist and Modern art sales here, as both Sotheby's and Christie's had very little difficulty finding buyers for their top lots.

The many smaller consignments were sent to a local transhipment centre where they were re-sorted into larger loads for the main segment of their journey.

Maritime security sources said consignments were most likely to be transported in ships to Turkey for onward dispatch to rebels inside Syria.