gas board

Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words

Former name for the company supplying gas to a region in the UK.

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Examples (10)

  • My grandfather worked for the local gas board for over thirty years.
  • We found an old bill from the North Thames Gas Board in the attic.
  • In those days, if you had a problem, you had to call the gas board directly.
  • The nationalized gas board was responsible for all domestic gas infrastructure before privatization.
  • A man from the gas board used to come and read the meter every quarter.
  • I remember my mother complaining about a high bill from the gas board.
  • Before all the energy companies, there was just the regional gas board.
  • The gas board showroom on the high street closed down in the 1990s.
  • All technicians were employed directly by the gas board.
  • Historical archives show the gas board's role in expanding the network after the war.