Example sentences of "1979 [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 1979 the Conservatives forced local authorities to sell their houses and flats to sitting tenants . |
| 2 | So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure . |
| 3 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 4 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 5 | Then , in 1979 the Conservatives won a clear majority . |
| 6 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 7 | Since 1979 the courts have ruled that review and appeal are available only where certain standard forms of contract need to be interpreted by the court or an award is plainly and seriously wrong : see Jaffe in ( 1989 ) Arbitration vol 55 , p184 . |
| 8 | In September 1979 the Screamers , a female-dominated community living off the coast of Donegal , became aware of the nature of the prospecting going on in Donegal : IBM had claimed that month that it had encountered ‘ encouraging evidence of uranium ’ in Donegal . |
| 9 | In 1970 , for example , more than 200 000 people died in the cyclone and flooding of Bangladesh and in 1979 the hurricanes David and Frederick caused more than $3bn damage in the USA . |
| 10 | By 1979 the provinces themselves had become ungovernable , with even the Elector Counts facing rivals and rebellions within their own lands . |
| 11 | In November 1979 the Iranians had taken over the American Embassy in Teheran and held the staff hostage for 444 days , only releasing them 30 minutes after Carter had left office . |
| 12 | Since their election victory in 1979 the Tories have followed a two-pronged penal policy . |
| 13 | Does he recall that before 1979 the Tories said that they would maintain the value of the retirement pension in line with rising living standards — a pledge which was promptly broken when they took office ? |
| 14 | On 14 November 1979 a shareholders ' agreement was executed by the four executives but , although TBL was named as a party to the agreement , it never executed it . |