Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the miner ['s] " in BNC.

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1 He was still interested in politics , and for a while a fairly active member of the Labour party , especially during the miners ' strike when he and Solowka canvassed on their behalf .
2 Vincent spoke almost enviously of the miners ' darkness , and the chance it gave them to reclaim the light .
3 So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods .
4 One of the initiatives er was er the Congress the Wa all Wales Congress that was set up in the miner 's strike for instance .
5 The point is nicely illustrated by an important case arising out of the miners ' strike of 1984–85 .
6 By and large it performed well during the miners ' industrial action of 1973–4 and the concurrent ‘ go-slows ’ in the electricity-supply industry , as David Howell recalls :
7 This was seen most recently during the miners ' strike in 1984–5 .
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