Sentence examples for in a consignment of from inspiring English sources

Asian hornets were first spotted in south-west France in 2004, after apparently stowing away in a consignment of pottery which had arrived in Bordeaux from China.

The caterpillar, which becomes a moth with semi-transparent white wings, is thought to have first arrived in Europe in 2005 in a consignment of box plants sent from China to Germany.

One of the few test printings of the poster was found in a consignment of secondhand books bought at auction by Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland, which then created the first reproductions.

It was first confirmed in the UK in February 2012, when it was found in a consignment of infected trees sent from a nursery in the Netherlands to a nursery in Buckinghamshire, England.

In July 2012, residues of the drugs phenylbutazone (an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain and fever in animals) and clenbuterol (a drug that promotes leaner meat but that is banned in the United States and the E.U). were found in a consignment of horse meat imported to Belgium from Canada.

In February the disease was found in a consignment of trees sent from a nursery in the Netherlands to a nursery in Buckinghamshire, England.

It came in on a consignment of logs from the US, where it had been killing elms since the 1930s.

But most of all, they say, they are prepared to invest capital and take risks: in buying a consignment of rubbish to sell on to the state authorities who are the ultimate buyers, in buying lorries, and, naturally, in "buying" local police and officials.But for many, these risks are too big to take with hard-earned money.

Reports of ivory seizures are a regular occurrence in Mombasa, Kenya's largest port, where just this month large shipments of ivory have been discovered, in one case disguised as a haul of sun-dried fish, and in another as a consignment of 240 bags of groundnuts.

The "tourist" in question was a consignment of several kilogrammes of heroin; the "bus" a flight to Europe.

In another development, a consignment of armoured vehicles from the UK has been delivered to Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.