Example sentences of "down [art] coal [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People without any political bias have given honest evidence and enabled the Select Committee to produce the report , which was a genuine effort to draw to the attention of the Government their folly in running down the coal industry to the extent that they are planning to do . |
| 2 | Let us not constantly try to talk down the coal industry . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Pontefract and Castleford ( Mr. Lofthouse ) asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he believes should have urgent consideration , namely , ’ the effect on unemployment of the announcement by British Coal to further run down the coal industry in his own and in neighbouring constituencies . ’ |
| 4 | The government saw it as essential to slim down the coal industry [ see p. 38781 ] in preparation for the eventual privatization of British Coal itself . |
| 5 | He had started the Venturers ' Society in 1945 , when he was asked by some boys to take them on a visit down a coal mine , and on Mr. Horn 's retirement in 1959 had taken over the Railway Society too . |
| 6 | Erm one wonders whether that 's erm wise in the long term because once you 've closed down a coal mine of course you ca n't er re-open it very easily because the roof falls in and it floods and effectively you have to start again from er from scratch . |
| 7 | Child 2 : ‘ Mummy says that in the old days daddy would have worked down a coal mine to make power for people , |