Example sentences of "in 1981 it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 2 | In 1981 it cut the link between earnings and unemployment benefits and uprated benefits in line with price rather than wage increases ( which have been higher for much of the decade ) . |
| 3 | In 1981 it had a total income of 171 million pounds for the whole year . |
| 4 | The Government 's record on unemployment was a heavily politicized issue , and just as in 1981 it vehemently denied any responsibility for the riots through its pursuit of free-market policies . |
| 5 | In 1981 it launched one of Japan 's most precise assembly robots , capable of inserting objects into 0.5 mm-diameter holes and of performing delicate laser welding . |
| 6 | In 1981 it spent £252 million . |
| 7 | Yet in 1981 it spent only £38 million on repairs to railways . |
| 8 | I 'd asked him if he was embarrassed that in 1966 he was saying he would be with Suzy Kendall forever , and then in 1969 it was all over , and then he was saying he would be with Tuesday Weld forever , then in 1981 it was all over , and so on . |
| 9 | In 1981 it was bought by Wendell Cherry , president of Humana Inc , a chain of private hospitals , for the then huge sum of $5.8 million . |
| 10 | The strikes had taken on an important political dimension when workers formed a free trades union ‘ Solidarity ’ , and in 1981 it seemed that Soviet tanks would be needed to restore order . |
| 11 | In 1980 unemployment was 3.8 per cent , but in 1981 it rose to 5.5 per cent and in 1983 was 9.2 per cent . |
| 12 | In 1961 , just over 2 persons divorced per 1,000 married people in England and Wales , while in 1981 it was almost 12 . |
| 13 | Even in 1981 it could be claimed that those who held a " strongly anti-progressive , pro-standards line had been enjoying increasing credibility and increasingly strident support from most of the popular press " ( Dale et al. |
| 14 | Its grandiose modernization plan of the early 1980s was presented as its contribution to the ‘ struggle against unemployment ’ ( RENFE 1982m : 9 ) , and when in 1981 it negotiated with the unions an increase in staff of 7,000 , the chairman defended the agreement as ‘ an appropriate response to [ RENFE 's ] public service task ’ ( quoted in El País , 12 December 1981 ) . |