Example sentences of "in 1988 [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since founding the chain in 1988 he has expanded it to include 17 concessions in Debenhams department stores and 20 high street shops . |
| 32 | In 1988 he even opened the doors of his lavish Palm Springs mansion for a Magic Carpet Weekend to raise cash for his wife Barbara 's centre for sexually abused children at the nearby Eisenhower Hospital . |
| 33 | In 1988 he was elected to the National Assembly on behalf of the main opposition party at that time , the Party for Peace and Democracy , and in August of that year he made an unauthorized visit to North Korea where he reportedly met the North Korean President Kim Il-sing and other officials . |
| 34 | When in 1988 he was entrusted with the job of getting a development programme among local Chinese off the ground , sceptics said it would be a lost cause — Hong Kong rugby hardly boasted a Chinese team at the time . |
| 35 | In 1988 he moved again , this time to Lotus , but he had to be content with watching the McLaren duo of Alain Prost and fellow Brazilian Ayrton Senna in front of him for most of the season . |
| 36 | In 1988 he emulated Fittipaldi and Piquet by lifting the world crown . |
| 37 | In 1988 he employed as researcher a Life journalist called Robbyn Swan . |
| 38 | In 1988 he was appointed regional co-ordinator for Asia , Caribbean and East Africa when once again his knowledge of the business , determination to succeed and his ability to persuade people at all levels to do what was necessary , produced excellent results . |
| 39 | In 1988 he fulfilled a longstanding ambition to own a coach , buying one jointly with his father . |
| 40 | Experimental surgery on his legs when he was 10 left him in a wheelchair , yet in 1988 he climbed Kala Patar in the Himalayas over 18,000 feet in the shade of Everest . |
| 41 | He also took up fishing , fellwalking and sailing and in 1988 he climbed the Himalayas . |
| 42 | In 1988 she was involved in another controversy , in a row over nomination for Portugal 's candidate as ‘ European Woman of the Year ’ , a prize sponsored by the EC . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | In 1988 she was called to the bar and now practises in London . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | In 1988 I had my first one-woman show at the Barbican Centre , London . |