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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the coalface your guides will explain the different methods of extracting coal and the working conditions of the miners.
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Further investment is needed to allow the consortium to open another coalface to speed up production.
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His grandfather worked the coalface and his father was a Miners' Union official.
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I have tremendous admiration for anyone who has spent a lifetime in the mining industry, especially at the coalface .