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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gold
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Nelson, historic landmarks from the early days of the fur-trader, the gold miner and the explorer.
old
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Tips are like sea fronts to the old miner .
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The older generations of miners were almost a race apart, misunderstood by outsiders.
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Perhaps it is worth noting that the old miners make 110 reference to any. deliberate wrecking of the Coniston workings.
striking
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The police did not only employ the law of criminal procedure in their tactical battle against the striking miners .
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Some hundreds of striking miners would turn up to picket and to persuade working miners to join them.
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coal
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K Thousands of coal miners marched through central London to protest at the Government's bungled pit closures.
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Government and industry are behind by some $ 4 billion in paying workers, from coal miners to teachers.
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The Government's prime motivation is to carry out an act of revenge on coal miners and coal mining communities.
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A total of 1272 men from the general population and 2099 retired coal miners aged 50-75 years took part in the study.
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Not only that, the coal miners throughout the Soviet Union went on strike.
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What problems are there for the coal miners ?
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I wanted to be a coal miner , and that was a serious ambition, too.
uranium
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The applicability of such data derived from uranium miners to the general population is central to the radon issue.
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Can data on radon exposure and cancer risks in uranium miners be applied to the general population?
■ VERB
support
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From the start, there was much confusion about who should come out on strike to support the miners .
work
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A decade later 7,000 soldiers were working alongside civilian miners .
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The first thing we learn about them is that they have returned home from working as miners in the mountains.
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Mr Watson worked as a lead miner and was inspired to write by his upper Teesdale surroundings.
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The artist was one of the so called Bevin boys, who were drafted in to work as miners during the last war.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a coal miner
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And an invaluable inheritance from lead miner , linen weaver and gentleman scientist.
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As to the miners, before I saw them in the flesh, I would see them in photographs.
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But, ominously, official trade unions, which formerly supported the government, are now throwing in with independent miners.
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Certain letters had been recently received from the miners telling of a new discovery in Westmorland.
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Government and industry are behind by some $ 4 billion in paying workers, from coal miners to teachers.
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The miners tramped up the valleys in the morning, worked all day and came down at night.
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The dredger represents a major technological advance for the miners.
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The first two of a series of four two-week training workshops for would-be small-scale miners were held in Bulawayo and Chegutu respectively.