Example sentences of "[vb pp] since 1987 " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is needed now is a new spirit of political leadership in Ireland , able to respond to the changing social mood as effectively as Charles Haughey 's government has responded since 1987 to the changing economy . |
| 2 | These apparent successes encouraged similar action by others , notably railway workers at the Maputo port workshops , who went on strike from Jan. 2 to 4 demanding pay owed since 1987 as well as payment of the traditional " 13th month " bonus . |
| 3 | Despite the Tories ' achievements in the 1980s of trade union reform , privatisation and disciplined public finances , serious economic mistakes had been made since 1987 , and there had been ‘ fatal signs of hubris ’ , most notably the poll tax disaster . |
| 4 | This turned out to be something of a red herring as the official duty rate has not been applied since 1987 and in the meantime the temporary rate has already been 50 per cent less . |
| 5 | Televising of tobacco-sponsored events : Tobacco-sponsored sport has not been televised since 1987 by the independent companies . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman will be delighted to know that unemployment in the Holloway area has fallen since 1987 . |
| 7 | Unemployment may well have fallen since 1987 , but it has increased a great deal in the past year . |
| 8 | An officer , she has worked since 1987 in Northern Bank , Strabane , the town where she joined the former Belfast Banking Co . |
| 9 | Around half of the firm 's original 80 partners have left since 1987 . |
| 10 | Exports of Australian wines to Britain — French wine 's second biggest export market after Germany — have more than tripled and those from California more than doubled since 1987 . |
| 11 | The criticism by Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook followed the disclosure by Which ? magazine that some premiums had doubled since 1987 . |
| 12 | The legislation marks a major achievement for the school whose courses have been suspended since 1987 due to bureaucratic problems caused by a lack of legal status . |
| 13 | Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating agreed to restore Australian military assistance to Fiji , suspended since 1987 , after a private meeting with the new Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , the leader of the two coups . |
| 14 | No appointment was announced to the deputy premiership , which De Melo , a veteran figure in the PSD , had held since 1987 . |
| 15 | The assembly was the first to be held since 1987 when Mahathir narrowly survived a leadership challenge from Razaleigh , a contest which subsequently led to a split within UMNO . |
| 16 | David Anderson has been promoted to Product Development Manager from his position as production Development Co-ordinator , a post held since 1987 when he joined the company . |