Example sentences of "1987 it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1987 it became the first fluoroquinolone to be marketed in the UK under the tradename Ciproxin . |
| 2 | Between 1971 and 1980 local authority and new town completions averaged 143,000 dwellings a year , but in 1981 the figure plummeted to 68,000 and in 1987 it reached an all-time low of 22,000 . |
| 3 | In 1987 it formed a joint venture with Burmin Exploration and Development , a company whose Managing Director , Des Burke , is a former Cistercian monk and a former geologist for Tara , to exploit the gold find . |
| 4 | Although the company made a net profit of $10.5 million in 1987 it took a hard-line response over the strike : out of the 5000 who went out , 2000 workers were estimated to have been sacked . |
| 5 | And in its $1.7 billion purchase of Stauffer , another American chemicals firm , in 1987 it did a passable impersonation of Hanson , paying for most of the bid with $1.15 billion of asset sales . |