Etymologies
- From arterial road (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The A-road was partially cleared, but I still took it at 30-35mph and often slower.”
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“Every A-road and motorway should have a fourth lane, where thrusting high-achievers can drive at phenomenal speeds, endangering only each other, unsafe in the knowledge they'vegot phenomenally fast reactions, a trait which is common to all business buccaneers.”
“He is always "roading", as he calls it, down the criss-crossing tracks that quaintly preserve their A-road designations.”
“If you exceed the 50mph speed limit on an empty A-road at 4am and are caught on a speed camera, you will get a fine and three points and have your insurance increased as a result.”
“We got on the bus, but there had been a major accident on the local A-road, so the streets were gridlocked.”
“No go -- so shower, change clothes, drink water, wait for Ali to arrive before driving off the scenic A-road route to Reading and James' celebrated cooking skills.”
“They had left the outer suburbs behind at last and were now in the open countryside, driving down a winding A-road past gently rolling fields of cattle and sheep.”
“After an hour or two, you leave at the correct junction and join an A-road, which you follow for a while, before turning off on to smaller, quieter roads that elide into narrow lanes.”
“Wearing a uniform of a grey skirt, white blouse and navy blazer, she was on her own on the half-hour route which involved walking alongside a busy A-road.”
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“Hosting, mentoring and picking the winner is Jimmy Doherty - that telegenic mate of Jamie Oliver and self-taught pig farmer, who lives just down the A-road from where filming takes place.”
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