Example sentences of "[noun sg] mark the [adj] anniversary " in BNC.
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| 1 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 2 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 3 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 4 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 5 | During a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the group 's move to its new location , 300 people , including over 160 police officers , were injured in battles between 1,400 police and at least 7,000 demonstrators . |
| 6 | June 1930 saw two Iris IIIs ( S1263 and S1264 ) flying from Plymouth to Iceland ( Reykjavik ) as part of the ceremony to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the Icelandic Parliament . |
| 7 | The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery , which was founded by Benedictine monks . |
| 8 | On an evening in April , the Branch gave 65 Sqn ATC a plaque to mark the 50th anniversary of their inauguration . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State for Defence reopened a list as an exception to allow the Association to mark the fortieth anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty the Queen , our patron , to the throne . |
| 10 | An exhibition at the British Museum marks the seventieth anniversary of the opening of the pharaoh 's tomb and takes a close look at its discoverer |
| 11 | Over 800 Libyans who sailed for Naples in a former cruise liner to mark the 78th anniversary on Oct. 26 of the invasion of Libya by Italy in 1911 , were not allowed to disembark ; however , a group of some 250 Libyans visited the Italian island of Ustica for a commemorative ceremony . |
| 12 | The Autumn issue marked the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain with articles on the Battle and those who fought in it . |
| 13 | The honour marked the 40th anniversary of the war 's end and it is thought to be the last medal minted under the old Soviet administration . |
| 14 | The 25 ft statue marking the 40th anniversary of the People 's Republic of China is an altogether different creature from its smashed predecessor . |
| 15 | Bill received the medal to mark the 40th anniversary of the ending of the second world war . |
| 16 | The Mayor of Sedgefield , assisted by pupils of Hardwick and Rectory Row primary schools , planted a Norwegian maple to mark the 40th anniversary of the Queen 's accession to the throne . |
| 17 | This was one of the events at the birthday week-end to mark the 150th anniversary of the completion of the London to Brighton line on September 21 , 1841 . |
| 18 | The meeting marked the 10th anniversary of the SADCC 's launching on April 1 , 1980 . |
| 19 | SEVERAL thousand hard-liners demonstrated yesterday outside the Russian parliament building to mark the second anniversary of the August 1991 coup and demand the resignation of President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 20 | He was among 100 prisoners granted a remission of sentence to mark the 10th anniversary of Kolingba 's taking office . |
| 21 | A Coalport collector 's plate has been presented to a historic Air Force squadron to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most daring air raids of all time . |
| 22 | Budget day marks the fifth anniversary of the change in the method of encouragement for the planting of trees for future benefit from the previously long-tried fiscal relief to grant aid . |
| 23 | President Hafez al-Assad on March 8 , in a speech to a youth rally marking the 27th anniversary of the accession to power of the Baath Party , appeared to confirm these reports . |
| 24 | Princess Alice , Duchess of Gloucester , Air Chief Commandant , WRAF , today attends a Service to mark the 50th Anniversary of the WAAF and the 40th Anniversary of the reforming of the WRAF , at St Clement Danes Church , Strand , London WC2 . |
| 25 | The Duchess of Kent attends a Thanksgiving Service to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight in Exeter Cathedral . |
| 26 | The statement accused President Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union government of using riot police last week to suppress a student seminar to mark the first anniversary of an anti-corruption demonstration . |
| 27 | The Duchess of Kent this morning attended a Thanksgiving Service in Exeter Cathedral to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight , and later opened St David 's House . |
| 28 | On Dec. 3 workers in Bhopal staged a general strike to mark the seventh anniversary of the world 's worst industrial disaster , in whose immediate aftermath at least 2,000 people died and 180,000 were treated for toxic symptoms . |
| 29 | A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his former comrades will perform a parachute jump to mark the 50th anniversary of their wartime drop into the ‘ killing fields ’ of Arnhem . |
| 30 | The Mikado opened in Birmingham last week and will transfer to the company 's old London home , Sadler 's Wells , on April 28 as part of a season marking the 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan 's birth . |