Example sentences of "mark the 150th " in BNC.

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1 August 29 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nottinghamshire bowler Alfred Shaw , who took over 2000 first-class wickets at 12 apiece , and delivered the first ball in Test cricket , at Melbourne in 1877 .
2 This year 's festival focuses on the Norwegian composer , Edward Grieg , as 1993 also marks the 150th anniversary of his birth .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 yet the revival of his ‘ non-Gilbert ’ works has hardly caught fire in time to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth in London on May 13th 1842 .
7 The lectures were part of the East Anglia local section 's effort to mark the 150th anniversary of the RSC .
8 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 .
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