Example sentences of "national miner ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union leader Arthur Scargill 's dream of political victory crumbled with the collapse of the national miners ' strike . |
| 2 | The NMA leadership and many rank-and-file members became increasingly disenchanted with MFGB strategy during the 1920 national miners ' strike and the 1921 lockout , and less than a third of Nottinghamshire miners bothered to vote in a 1921 ballot on whether to accept the offered settlement or continue the dispute ( Griffin , 1962 , p.91 , p.102 ) . |
| 3 | In February 1974 , there was a second national miners ' strike . |
| 4 | A national miners ' strike , involving also miners from the privately owned Southern Peru Copper Corporation , nevertheless remained in prospect for mid-October . |
| 5 | The Party 's most important trade unionist , Arthur Horner of the South Wales Miners ' Federation , was repeatedly criticized for " trade union legalism " , and their most important supporter , A. J. Cook , national Miners ' Federation Secretary , broke with them completely over their support for Red Unions " . |