Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [to-vb] the [num ord] anniversary " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEVERAL thousand hard-liners demonstrated yesterday outside the Russian parliament building to mark the second anniversary of the August 1991 coup and demand the resignation of President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 2 | A Coalport collector 's plate has been presented to a historic Air Force squadron to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most daring air raids of all time . |
| 3 | The Duchess of Kent this morning attended a Thanksgiving Service in Exeter Cathedral to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight , and later opened St David 's House . |
| 4 | A planned remembrance reunion to mark the 50th anniversary of the low-level raid on the Ploesti oilfields in Romania in August 1943 has interested R G Crick of Welling , Kent . |
| 5 | Over 800 Libyans who sailed for Naples in a former cruise liner to mark the 78th anniversary on Oct. 26 of the invasion of Libya by Italy in 1911 , were not allowed to disembark ; however , a group of some 250 Libyans visited the Italian island of Ustica for a commemorative ceremony . |
| 6 | The statement accused President Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union government of using riot police last week to suppress a student seminar to mark the first anniversary of an anti-corruption demonstration . |
| 7 | They join the Queen at a service in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein . |
| 8 | A FOUR PAGE FEATURE TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC |
| 9 | The Ministry of Information had also played a leading part in lauding the military qualities of the Soviet ally , and indeed many other of its domestic accomplishments : in February 1943 it organised a meeting at the Albert Hall to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Red Army . |
| 10 | This was one of the events at the birthday week-end to mark the 150th anniversary of the completion of the London to Brighton line on September 21 , 1841 . |
| 11 | A buffet lunch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sutton-on- Sea and Trusthorpe ladies ' guild was held at the Enterprise Club in March , attended by 72 supporters . |
| 12 | The Duchess of Kent attends a Thanksgiving Service to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight in Exeter Cathedral . |
| 13 | 1 October : The Prince of Wales attended a service in Dornoch Cathedral to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Dornoch Cathedral Parish . |
| 14 | A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his former comrades will perform a parachute jump to mark the 50th anniversary of their wartime drop into the ‘ killing fields ’ of Arnhem . |