Example sentences of "in 1988 [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Spokesman Steve Parker explained : ‘ Since setting up in 1988 we have started a franchising operation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Private rates of return have risen every year since 1981 ; in 1988 they hit 11% . |
| 6 | In 1988 they were granted permission to operate on 15 Sundays in any year but that permission expired in December last year . |
| 7 | Over the same period America 's reserves have doubled , to $74 billion , to put it in second place ; back in 1988 it was in only sixth place . |
| 8 | But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home . |
| 9 | Since the introduction of the Financial Services Act in 1988 it has been compulsory for financial advisers and salesmen to base their advice upon a clients ' current ability to pay future as well as present requirements . |
| 10 | In 1988 it was voted Engalnd 's Most Beautiful Floral Town ; the late Percy Thrower is another of its famous sons , and was Parks Superintendent for many years . |
| 11 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 12 | In Sweden in 1988 it was estimated that some 15,000 lakes were acidified , just over 1,800 of which were ‘ seriously ’ acidified ; 100,000 km of rivers and streams were also affected . |
| 13 | In 1988 it was calculated that over £16 billion had been spent by the Authority over the previous 30 years , about half provided by the Department of Energy or its predecessors . |
| 14 | In 1988 it was selected from a session and in 1989 it won people over again when it was included on the LP . |
| 15 | However , most informed commentary suggested that its 860 acres had always been too small , and in 1988 it was virtually doubled in size . |
| 16 | However , in 1988 it was observed in The Maldives , approximately half-way between the two previously known locations . |
| 17 | In 1988 it played host to a visiting exhibition of impressionist paintings borrowed from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad . |
| 18 | By 1982 , the proportion had reached 32 per cent , in 1988 it was the same ( 32 per cent ) . |
| 19 | In 1988 it allowed thirteen very small parties to secure 41 of the Knesset 's 120 seats . |
| 20 | In 1988 it was announced that in future government grants in support of housing association projects would fall from 100 per cent to an average of 75 per cent , the balance having to be provided from private sources . |
| 21 | In 1988 it had a trade deficit of 695,000,000 roubles representing 6.6 per cent of total crossborder trade . |
| 22 | In 1988 it had a trade deficit totalling some 1,500 million roubles representing 11.4 per cent of total crossborder trade . |
| 23 | Work on a medical ward and as a health visitor followed until in 1988 he became a Neighbourhood Nurse Manager for Wandsworth Health Authority . |
| 24 | In 1988 he crushed a vain attempt to challenge his leadership by the veteran Tony Benn , with an 8 to 1 majority , while Roy Hattersley comfortably held on to the deputy leadership . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | When Mr Chatichai was elected in 1988 he arranged an informal slicing of the pie with the armed forces . |
| 27 | Discharged in 1988 he returned to his old job but was soon arrested for possessing cannabis . |
| 28 | In 1988 he made an unsuccessful attempt to challenge Mr Hattersley for the deputy leadership . |
| 29 | In 1988 he became a member of the Board of Business in the Community . |
| 30 | In 1988 he married fashion designer Susan George , nicknamed Georgie . |