Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] the [num ord] anniversary " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the medal was minted to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war , it received virtually no publicity . |
| 2 | Ostensibly the visit was designed to mark the 20th anniversary of the normalization of relations between China and Japan . |
| 3 | This Congress was convened to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the death of the Abbe de l'Epee a foremost pioneer in the history of deaf education , and was intended " to prove the progress which had been accomplished during the last century in the moral , material and social condition of the adult deaf and dumb ; therefore this Congress will not have anything to do with , or to remark on the methods of teaching which is not in its province " . |
| 4 | The watch was kept to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project which still has quite a lot of work to undertake but is sufficiently complete now to welcome visitors . |
| 5 | Another tree was planted to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Durham County WI . |