Example sentences of "this [noun sg] mark the [num ord] anniversary " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Priestley , chemist , cleric and reformer , whose scientific discoveries and powerful imagination , together with outspoken views on freedom of thought , education and religion , inspired contemporaries and future generations |
| 2 | As celebrations started in Iran this week to mark the 14th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini 's return from exile in Paris and the start of the Islamic revolution , President Rafsanjani took a tough stance over the death threat to Salman Rushdie during a press conference in Tehran . |
| 3 | THIS weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the North 's most celebrated soldiers . |
| 4 | This year to mark the 10th anniversary , a call is made to all anti racists and anti fascists to join us in a March through Southall . |
| 5 | THIS year marks the 80th anniversary of Catholic education at Harrytown School , Romiley , Stockport . |
| 6 | This year marked the tenth anniversary of THE FACE , but whereas parties have been thrown to commemorate this occasion , nobody has bothered to hold a ‘ do ’ for the tenth anniversary of the training shoe . |