Example sentences of "in the [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is , however , correct that these percentages were at their highest in the 1970s when the number of strikers was also at its highest . |
2 | The post , erected in the 1840s when the area was drained , shows the land has sunk some 13ft-14ft — an ominous decline in view of forecasts that global warming may cause the nearby sea to rise . |
3 | The appointment of Fyfe to Warrington in 1921 was , however , the exception rather than the rule in the 1920s when the majority of missioners appointed or holding the posts were clergymen or hearing persons . |
4 | Perhaps the biggest event in recent times was in the 1950s when a film company made the church the setting for the film Lease of Life with Robert Donat . |
5 | The first of these , the statistical test controversy , arose in the 1950s when a group of American scholars vigorously attacked the use of such tests , pointing out the difficulty of surveys meeting the strict mathematical requirements demanded by the statistical theory , especially those to do with randomness . |
6 | Such a fine contrast to the wave of hysteria which greeted the rock craze in the 1950s when the press , predictably absorbed by the outlandish pleasures of the young , railed against its demoralising influence . |
7 | Neither made a significant provision before 1820 , and their rivalry still persisted in the 1830s when the government began at last to assist them with grants . |
8 | He added : ‘ Whereas in the previous downturn in the 1980s when a lot of cyclical companies were haemorraging cash , this time the pressure on profits has not been at the expense of their financial position . ’ |
9 | However , managed floating also was adopted in the 1930s when the gold standard was abandoned in the severe economic conditions of the time . |
10 | Commercial use finally ceased in the 1930s when the machinery was removed and the domestic conversion carried out . |
11 | A little further on , the small compact settlement of Lea Yeat ( Gate ) is reached , its tranquillity disturbed only in the 1870s when the railway was being constructed across the hillside above . |