at the coalface

She's been at the coalface of patriarchy and knows her stuff.

Henson has spent the campaign at the coalface, getting his hands dirty.

In a new business, leadership involves working at the coalface, getting personally involved and leading by example.

I have tremendous admiration for anyone who has spent a lifetime in the mining industry, especially at the coalface.

Like a barrister who doesn't want to become a judge, he preferred to remain at the coalface.

After working at the coalface for several years, he was promoted to be a checkweighman.

In July 1980, he started a mining craft apprentice and started working at the coalface.

Lead your staff through growth In a new business, leadership involves working at the coalface, ...

They received ventilation through a compressed air pipeline, also running along the side, which is used to power cutting tools at the coalface.

They have been at the coalface of terrorism from both Loyalist and Republican thugs.

Three months at the coalface?

Women and children are worst affected by poverty, but women are the ones at the coalface who can truly make the difference.

He was originally trained as an explosives expert, laying charges at the Coalface as a miner.

As for prop Nick Wood, who regularly received treatment in the first half, he will certainly have easier shifts at the coalface.

At the coalface your guides will explain the different methods of extracting coal and the working conditions of the miners.

Perhaps that is not very much to us, but it represents a veritable fortune for those involved at the coalface, enabling them to undertake specific projects.

In 2003, after 15 years at the coalface, she answered an advert for auditions for Supernanny and the rest is history.

In the role of tutor I like to feel I'm 'at the coalface' of literature - helping students work on their manuscripts.

But at the coalface there were tensions, especially when miners were prosecuted for petty offences such as being late for work without permission.

Mr De Burca, however, has a wealth of research - gleaned at the coalface - to illustrate his assertion.

I would like to put two questions to the two Commissioners who I am pleased to see here and who are at the coalface of this problem.

Flash was a dark-complexioned, gap-toothed Not- tingham miner, a real pitman who'd worked at the coalface on the trickiest seam.

Thanks for some good environmental reporting through the year, I suggest getting more insightful contributions in 2010 from those at the coalface (and not just desk bound policy makers).

However, he threw himself into the job with vigour and enthusiasm, visiting pits, arguing with miners at the coalface and developing a deep knowledge of the industry.