Example sentences of "[that] [prep] 1979 [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel Haigh of the IEEP points out that in 1979 the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution reported that evidence for the other major health worry — the potential for nitrite , which is formed from nitrate in certain conditions , to create ‘ nitrosamines ’ and cause stomach cancer — was only ‘ weak and equivocal ’ . |
| 2 | It was with this in mind that in 1979 the government reduced the maximum rate of income tax from 83 per cent to 60 per cent . |
| 3 | Mr Dewar stressed that in 1979 the richest 20 per cent of households had 37.7 per cent of their disposable income claimed in taxes , which had dropped to 33.5 per cent in 1990 . |
| 4 | It is true that before 1979 the marginal rates of income tax on the very rich were high ( marginal tax rates are the percentage of the last pound earned taken in tax ) . |
| 5 | Does he recall that before 1979 the Tories said that they would maintain the value of the retirement pension in line with rising living standards — a pledge which was promptly broken when they took office ? |
| 6 | Is the Prime Minister aware that since 1979 the crime figures in England and Wales have gone up by 102 per cent. , that in the north of England they have gone up by 123 per cent . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that since 1979 the Government have introduced more training places and a wider range of training courses both in width and in depth , in a way that has never been attempted before ? |
| 8 | I remind the House that since 1979 the Government have approved over £7.5 billion of new investment and have provided for grant aid of about £17 billion to the industry . |