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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- 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.