Example sentences of "in 1986 [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1985 new issues topped $200 billion ; in 1986 they were halved . |
2 | When Tony Eley and his Irish wife Mary purchased Braemount House in 1986 they were newcomers to the hospitality business ; Mary had retired from the nursing profession and Tony from the Royal Air Force . |
3 | In 1672 , for example , the Dutch Cromwell , de Witt , was torn limb from limb in the street by a frenzied mob , and in 1986 I was beaten up in a bar . |
4 | The change in price has been dramatic — in 1986 it was estimated that it would be impossible to distribute imported whisky free of charge at a cost of less than Y 2,600 a bottle . |
5 | In 1986 it was different for a whole host of reasons , the main one being the boycott , because of New Zealand 's sporting links with South Africa , by thirty-two countries . |
6 | In a separate study of 17,000 Harvard graduates in 1986 it was determined that moderate exercise could add up to two years to a person 's life . |
7 | When I talked to members of the 1964 pie committee in 1986 it was still not certain if and when this pie would appear , but appear it did as the l988 ‘ bicentenary pie ’ . |
8 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
9 | In 1986 it was decided that those paints , even the treated ones , that contained lots of nasty chemicals could not be buried at all , but had to be burnt . |
10 | When the paper introduced direct input in 1986 it was clear that articles created electronically could be stored the same way . |
11 | In 1986 he was twenty-nine , a graduate of Prince Albert College , London ( 1978 ) and a PhD of the same university ( 1985 ) . |
12 | In 1986 she was invited to exhibit at several French museums , including the famous Musée Fabre , Montpelier . |