Example sentences of "1989 and the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of the profound changes in Europe since 1989 and the ending of the Cold War , NATO was undergoing a radical restructuring , a process due to culminate in an autumn summit meeting . |
| 2 | The Enquiry Group was established in February 1989 and the Minister was presented with the Report in October 1989 . |
| 3 | The reform of local government , which took effect in Scotland in 1989 and the rest of the UK in 1990 , made three changes . |
| 4 | The Children Act 1989 and the government 's ratification in December 1991 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child have major implication for work with children . |
| 5 | Two proposed changes to the Constitution , both affecting the role of Parliament , caused controversy in the latter part of 1989 and the beginning of 1990 . |
| 6 | Survival International , which works for the rights of threatened tribal peoples , doubled its membership between the end of 1989 and the middle of 1990 . |
| 7 | The inconsistencies in the approaches adopted by SSAPs 15 and 24 have been pointed out in papers published by the Pensions Research Accountants Group in 1989 and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( TR794 ) in 1990 . |
| 8 | Many banks had also suffered from government measures to curb liquidity , including the tightening of reserve and liquidity ratios in April 1989 and the requirement introduced the following month that parastatals shift their deposits from commercial banks to the Central Bank . |
| 9 | Among the worst incidents were serious clashes between rival fans at a World Cup qualifying match between the Netherlands and West Germany in Rotterdam in April 1989 and the abandonment of an international club fixture in September in Amsterdam after the goalkeeper from the visiting team had been hit by an iron rod . |
| 10 | 1989 and the shark weighed 42 lb. 1238 days later and much , much bigger taking the scales at a whopping 120 lb ‘ bluey ’ ran out of luck . |
| 11 | A general election and the freezing of martial law in late 1989 and the appointment of a Royal Commission in April 1990 to draw up a national political charter indicated King Hussein 's intention to press ahead with his " democratic experiment " . |
| 12 | When the congress opened on Feb. 19 Harilaos Florakis , appointed president of the central committee on his resignation as general secretary in July 1989 and the party 's leader since 1973 , had raised the reformists ' hopes with his unexpected announcement that he now wanted " to be a simple foot-soldier in the party " . |
| 13 | The 14th congress of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) , the first since the violent suppression of China 's pro-democracy movement in 1989 and the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union , was held in Beijing on Oct. 12-18 . |
| 14 | The Textile industry has undergone a 5% fall in exports compared with 1989 and the Footwear and clothing industry has suffered an even larger decline of 13% in the value of its exports . |
| 15 | Since the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 and the introduction of compulsory first land registration throughout the country , there is not so much emphasis placed upon smart engrossments . |
| 16 | All heard ‘ remarkably strong ’ signals transmitted on a mobile-phone frequency close to the Brackley radio mast , north of Oxford , between December 31 , 1989 and the end of January , 1990 . |
| 17 | A military court on Dec. 9 handed down sentences ranging from 15 to 24 years ' imprisonment for " aggravated murder " ( rather than the original charge of genocide ) on eight out of 21 former communist officials and Securitate secret police accused of responsibility for the action against demonstrations in Timisoara in December 1989 and the killing of nearly 100 people . |
| 18 | Increased Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel during 1989 and the prospect of a future mass exodus became a central issue of debate in early 1990 , affecting not only Arab-Israeli relations but also the close ties between Israel and the United States . |