Example sentences of "[prep] a miner ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
2 | In addition , in February 1974 , these interlocking groups had special reasons for wanting a Conservative government returned apart from the fear of a miners ' victory leading to anarchy and national bankruptcy . |
3 | Inside , the walls of the packed Pontllanfraith leisure centre were hung with a miners ' banner and posters from the 1987 campaign : outside the speech was broadcast via a video link to hundreds more standing spellbound in a field . |
4 | He had been speaking only a day or two ago to a miners ' meeting attended by what he called the ‘ Scargill Mafia ’ . |
5 | The key element in the suspension of the strike was an order signed by Yeltsin at a miners ' rally in Novokuznetsk on May 1 to transfer all coal mines in the Russian Federation from central Soviet to Russian Federation government control . |