Example sentences of "[num] miner ' strike " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one major exception which worked well — the Civil Contingencies Unit created after the 1972 miners ' strike . |
| 2 | Yet in the 1980s the capacity of a determined government to ‘ sit out ’ forms of direct action — most obviously in the case of the 1985 miners ' strike — raises doubts even about this form of pressure-group action . |
| 3 | Do you remember the nineteen twenty six miners ' strike ? |
| 4 | The nature of UK energy supply and demand by the end of the century is chiefly dependent on the longer-term policy implications of the 1984/5 miners ' strike . |
| 5 | That message was later underlined in the 1984–5 miners ' strike . |
| 6 | Second-wave feminism in Britain has drawn strength from working-class women 's campaigns , like the 1968 Ford strike , the Grunwick dispute , and the women 's groups active in the 1984 miners ' strike . |
| 7 | There were 72 million working days lost in the 1980s , nearly one third of which — 22.3 million — were lost in the 1984 miners ' strike alone . |
| 8 | [ That this House welcomes the public announcement by Her Majesty 's Government of the identity of the new head of MI5 ; but calls on Her Majesty 's Government to make a full statement about the role of Stella Rimington , in particular in connection with the activities of Mr. David Hart during the 1984 miners ' strike . ] |
| 9 | And during the bitter 1984 miners ' strike the cranes were kept busy unloading imports of Australian coal for power stations . |
| 10 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
| 11 | This corrective to assertions of media omnipotence can be found in a recent study of a major political/industrial story , the 1984 — 5 miners ' strike in Britain . |
| 12 | A good example of this can be found in the newspaper coverage of the 1984 — 5 miners ' strike . |
| 13 | This arrangement means there is no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a State of Emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
| 14 | This discreet arrangement means , among other things , that there was no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a state of emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
| 15 | A central issue in the 1984-5 miners ' strike was the preservation of jobs and communities on the coalfields . |
| 16 | The code applied to all Anglo gold and coal mines and was the result of four years of negotiation following the 1987 miners ' strike [ see pp. 35622-23 ] . |
| 17 | The 1984/85 miners ' strike temporarily changed the whole energy demand picture with oil offtake for electricity generation returning to the peak levels of the early 1970s . |
| 18 | It was this tradition , frequently ‘ unofficial ’ , which maintained Tyne side industrial militancy in a range of important disputes in the 1960s and 1970s , including the 1966 seamen 's strike , and the 1972 and 1974 miners ' strikes . |