Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the era of the Plaza Accord in 1985 when the surplus with the US was the main agenda , criticism is flaring not only from Washington but also from other nations . |
| 2 | An old friend of President George Bush , Tower was a senator for Texas for 24 years and chaired the Armed Services Committee from 1981 to 1985 , but suffered humiliation in 1989 when the Senate rejected his nomination as Defence Secretary [ see pp. 36515-16 ] . |
| 3 | And Mr Samson had a lucky escape in 1990 when a van ploughed into the side of his car . |
| 4 | The threat of invasion too continued into more modern times , for the occupants of the Hall fled to York in great panic in 1779 when the battle of Flamborough Head took place and the Americans under John Paul Jones won a decisive victory . |
| 5 | Two years on , Pool have built on their deserved promotion of last year , banishing all fears of a relegation rebound , their fate in 1968–69 when the club last enjoyed life beyond the bottom division . |
| 6 | They gained a permanent home in 1961 when the groundsman 's hut became vacant . |
| 7 | The first real action took place in 1888 when the vessel was engaged in the defence of Suakin against Osman Digna . |
| 8 | But perhaps the biggest thing in popular music took place in 1948 when the LP was introduced ; an innovation of immense importance for the industry and public alike , and not least for Leonard who set about acquiring an enviable collection . |
| 9 | According to the official hagiography , Lei Feng was a soldier in Shenyang , the capital of Liaoning province , who died at his post in 1962 when a washing pole fell on his head . |
| 10 | The town was an important Roman centre and the cathedral incorporates a Roman building which occupied the site in 1019 when the cathedral was begun ( 334 ) . |
| 11 | The 1905 Convention was considered at the Sixth Session of the Conference in 1924 when a Protocol was agreed permitting accession by States not represented in 1905 and some further work was set in hand which led to the publication in 1929 of a proposed revised Convention . |
| 12 | It all started with a public meeting in 1989 when an action committee was set up . |
| 13 | Things had come to a head in 1990 when a release extenxded a shut-down by several days at a cost of £250,000. a CAT , involving a wide cross-section of disciplines , was set up and reviewed incidents from 1987 onwards . |
| 14 | There was the occasion in 1979 when a valve malfunctioned and was ingeniously fixed up with a handy piece of angle iron . |
| 15 | He did indeed return , in disguise and as a fugitive , seeking shelter for the night in 1646 when the war was lost . |
| 16 | There was much opposition inside and outside Parliament in 1984 when the law was changed allowing divorce petitions after just one year . |
| 17 | BBC Radio Cleveland will again be presenting a Lent Course in 1993 when the theme will consider the ‘ Beatitudes ’ . |
| 18 | That was certainly the case in 1990 when the Chancellor announced the introduction of TESSAs — Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts . |
| 19 | There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry . |
| 20 | Over the last 4–5 years there has been a considerable amount of activity in the colony due to the expiry of the lease in 1997 when the land on which the colony has been built reverts back to its previous owner the Republic of China . |
| 21 | Mr. W. E. Gladstone was Prime Minister from 1880 to 1885 but then that post alternated between the Marquess of Salisbury and Mr. Gladstone until the turn of the century , with a short interlude in 1894–1895 when the Earl of Rosebery was in that office . |
| 22 | Werner Reichert , of Egremont Road , Whitehaven , joined the Company in 1950 when a number of skilled German weavers were recruited and is now only one of two left . |
| 23 | The Elizabethan admiral was ‘ war' and wakin' ’ on that March weekend in 1942 when the navy 's little ships — lightly built wooden craft designed for high-speed attacks rather than close-quarters work — stormed into St Nazaire with their landing parties . |
| 24 | Relations took on a more positive tone in 1989 when the leader of the City Council returned to the Board , reflecting the reconstituted Labour group 's more pragmatic policy of forming alliances with government and the private sector . |
| 25 | The right hon. Gentleman was a Member of the House in 1975 when the Government , under the leadership of Lord Wilson , recommended a referendum to the people . |
| 26 | The town has many picturesque corners and interesting buildings although it sustained much damage by fire in 1799 when the town was fought over by French , Austrian and Russian armies . |