Example sentences of "1988 [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 2 | My first-class debut for Natal in December 1988 I scored a century in the first innings . |
| 3 | The paperwork was so vast that in 1988 I had to add an entire floor in my house in Ireland to accommodate it , and that turned out not to be enough . |
| 4 | In 1988 I had my first one-woman show at the Barbican Centre , London . |
| 5 | The problems of Russia suddenly became topical two years ago at school , and although I 'd grown up with a faint mistrust of ‘ Commies ’ , in 1988 I started writing to Murat , a young Russian . |
| 6 | Since 1988 I have been working with Oxford and Jericho Against the Poll Tax and am now participating in a scheme , devised by Oxford Quakers and the Green Party , to pay the tax as a group , according to one 's means : ie. a local income tax . |
| 7 | The Princess had become patron of the hospital , where her father made his miraculous recovery after his cerebral haemorrhage in 1978 , and in May 1988 she had agreed to attend a gala performance of The Magic Flute at the London Coliseum . |
| 8 | In November 1988 she became unwell again with deepening jaundice ( Fig 2 ) caused by blockage of the stent . |
| 9 | In 1988 she made an offer to settle the tax liability , which was not accepted , and on 1 February 1991 the Inland Revenue Commissioners presented a bankruptcy petition which came before the registrar on 11 November 1991 . |
| 10 | In December 1988 she quit Bravo to form a new band less influenced by the Fifties and more inclined towards ethnic music and modern electronic sounds . |
| 11 | Since 1988 she has been in charge of organising the BDA 's centenary celebrations a task , which she has combined with bringing up her hearing daughter Nicola . |
| 12 | From 1974 to 1988 she lists her activities as : ‘ Mother , small-holder , deserted mother etc ’ . |
| 13 | At the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton in 1988 we had a little fun on the last day , just before the Prime Minister 's speech . |
| 14 | By 1988 we had begun to adopt the double stapling technique for ileoanal anastomosis ( anal transection with a transverse linear stapler : RL30 ( Ethicon ) and the end to end circular stapler with detachable anvil : CEEA ( Autosuture ) ) , incorporating a stapling technique ( linear staple cutter PLC 75 ( Ehicon ) ) for pouch construction . |
| 15 | In early 1988 we reported in this journal the short term outcome in 33 patients referred to the National Heart Hospital between late 1984 and the end of 1986 and who were accepted for urgent cardiac transplantation . |
| 16 | Since 1988 we have conducted a confidential inquiry into deaths due to asthma in our district . |
| 17 | Spokesman Steve Parker explained : ‘ Since setting up in 1988 we have started a franchising operation . |
| 18 | In this sense , Peter Samuel wrote that no particular departments of Woolworth had significantly different levels of requirement , but that early in 1988 they had ‘ made a number of senior financial appointments from external sources via Executive Search Companies . |
| 19 | By 1988 they had recovered to 0.75 per cent . |
| 20 | Such clinics had always been prohibited from using federal money to perform abortions , but until 1988 they had been allowed to discuss abortion and to provide information about its availability . |
| 21 | Private rates of return have risen every year since 1981 ; in 1988 they hit 11% . |
| 22 | Lithuanians cherish their Baltic coastline — in 1988 they joined hands with Latvians and Estonians to form a human chain along its full length to protest against pollution . |
| 23 | From 1979 to 1988 they increased by about 34 per cent. , and there have been further improvements since 1988 . |
| 24 | On 11 April 1988 they moved to another council house , of which the brother also became a secure tenant . |
| 25 | Thus in April 1988 he wrote in the New Statesman , ‘ Underpinning our social policy are those traditions — the diffusion of power , civil obligation , and voluntary service — which are central to Conservative philosophy … |
| 26 | Discharged in 1988 he returned to his old job but was soon arrested for possessing cannabis . |
| 27 | In 1983 he was one of the original members of the international Academy of Humanism , and in 1988 he received the International Humanist Award ‘ in recognition of his long-standing contributions to the cause of human rights , the scientific outlook , and the ideals of humanism . ’ |
| 28 | In July 1988 he received a letter from Lord Vestey saying his name was withdrawn from the rotating list of those qualified to act as chairman . |
| 29 | In 1988 he made an unsuccessful attempt to challenge Mr Hattersley for the deputy leadership . |
| 30 | Kamara had no great love for Scottish strikers ; in April 1988 he made legal history as the first English League player to be fined in court for an on-pitch assault . |