Example sentences of "did in the 1970s " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally important are economies of scope : big firms can use the materials and processes employed to make one product in the manufacture of related goods , as Japan 's consumer-electronics companies did in the 1970s , using the same factories that had previously churned out cheap transistor radios to manufacture televisions and videos . |
| 2 | Though urged by the school to apply for a place at Oxbridge , she chose instead to go to Sussex University , as bright young people often did in the 1970s , because the new universities were considered exciting and innovatory places to study at . |
| 3 | However , with Britain deep in recession and more than three million unemployed , some people doubt if the firemen can carry the weight of public sympathy as they did in the 1970s . |
| 4 | Much of the major investment in this country 's telecommunications infrastructure in recent years has been from BT , which has made a much bigger contribution to the Exchequer than it did in the 1970s , as it is more efficient , more productive , sells more services , makes more money and pays more tax . |
| 5 | Indeed , Opposition Members did nothing to clear up the uncertainties about the huge expenditure on which they would have to embark to renationalise these industries before messing them up again as they did in the 1970s when they were under national control . |