Example sentences of "in 1988 it " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 In 1988 it was selected from a session and in 1989 it won people over again when it was included on the LP .
9 However , most informed commentary suggested that its 860 acres had always been too small , and in 1988 it was virtually doubled in size .
10 However , in 1988 it was observed in The Maldives , approximately half-way between the two previously known locations .
11 In 1988 it played host to a visiting exhibition of impressionist paintings borrowed from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad .
12 By 1982 , the proportion had reached 32 per cent , in 1988 it was the same ( 32 per cent ) .
13 In 1988 it allowed thirteen very small parties to secure 41 of the Knesset 's 120 seats .
14 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 .
15 In 1988 it had a trade deficit of 695,000,000 roubles representing 6.6 per cent of total crossborder trade .
16 In 1988 it had a trade deficit totalling some 1,500 million roubles representing 11.4 per cent of total crossborder trade .
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