Example sentences of "miner ' [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miners ' strike which lasted from March 1984 to March 1985 was not the only example of industrial conflict in Britain in the past two decades , but it was easily the longest and the most violent . |
| 2 | More important , there was a miners ' strike which resulted in the three-day week , comprehensive power cuts and enormous disruption . |
| 3 | The status and function of these courts came into question during one of the most critical of these enquiries , that presided over by Lord Wilberforce in 1972 into the dispute about miners ' pay which had led to a widespread stoppage of work . |
| 4 | Within the union , therefore , Scargill 's call was for solidarity , for those with more readily-guaranteed futures to support other miners ' prospects which were less bright , especially so if the NCB could capitalize on splits and other weaknesses within the NUM , thereby enabling it to isolate vulnerable areas . |
| 5 | The deep disillusion of the mining community ( including miners ' wives who played an unprecedently prominent role in the strike ) at the erosion of their pits , their villages , and their way of life since the 1950s was spontaneous and genuine . |
| 6 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |
| 7 | These protests were added to a series of crippling miners ' strikes which had begun in early March . |