Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] miners " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how did it happen that the Davy miner 's lamp worked out so well for the owners and so badly for the miners ? |
| 2 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Vincent spoke almost enviously of the miners ' darkness , and the chance it gave them to reclaim the light . |
| 5 | Murdock stayed in Cornwall for about 19 years and got on much better with the miners than Watt had done . |
| 6 | In carrying through its programme it honoured certain political debts , especially to the miners [ Morgan , 1984 ] . |
| 7 | All three major rail unions are affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour party , and the NUR in particular has a long tradition of sponsoring Labour MPs ( Bagwell 1982 : ch. 12 ) , ‘ equalled only by the miners ’ union' ( Eaton and Gill 1981 : 41 ) . |
| 8 | Shortly after the miners elected their new Left leadership in 1982 , the executive of the union launched a national tour through the coalfields in support of their annual claim . |
| 9 | Old Joseph kept his people away from the miners , and mocked Lawyer as the annuities promised in 1855 failed to arrive . |
| 10 | I hope this excluded ‘ young ’ Winston Churchill who seems to be doing more for the miners than the opposition parties put together . |
| 11 | What is certain is that the Yanomami are in a critical state , with imported diseases spreading to epidemic proportions in communities close to the miners . |
| 12 | There were worries about the teachers and even about the miners . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | He had been speaking only a day or two ago to a miners ' meeting attended by what he called the ‘ Scargill Mafia ’ . |
| 15 | This was seen most recently during the miners ' strike in 1984–5 . |