Example sentences of "1987 it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 it had 16 sites and 15,000 workers ; now it has 11 sites and 11,000 workers . |
| 2 | We can see from the annual average figures that sterling 's effective exchange rate has fallen since 1975 ( 1975 = 100 ) and in 1987 it averaged 72.6 — depreciation of 27 per cent . |
| 3 | In 1987 it won 27 per cent of the Birzeit student vote , 85 per cent of the Hebron University vote , and over 40 per cent of the vote at al Najah , where the threat of violence between secular and religious students provoked the voluntary closure of the university until feelings had sufficiently abated . |
| 4 | By late 1987 it claimed 3,200 of the 7,000 train driving staff , and was confident enough to launch paralysing one-day strikes in support of its demands . |
| 5 | In 1987 it embraced these proposals in an Act to apply to Scotland , to come into force in the financial year 1989 . |