Example sentences of "in 1983 he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a lecture in 1983 he argued that a civil servant who could answer ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ should retire and become a party politician . |
| 2 | Dr Odling-Smee told the jury that in 1983 he read about his father 's role in the repatriation of the Cossacks in Mr Nikolai Tolstoy 's book Victims of Yalta . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | In 1983 he took over the captaincy of Jamaica when Rowe went to South Africa but found it a difficult business , perhaps because he is too quiet and introspective for cricket leadership . |
| 5 | In New York in 1983 he got there in three hours 54 minutes — his fastest marathon . |
| 6 | More notably , however , at the Chichester Theatre in 1983 he rescued the reputation of A Patriot for Me , John Osborne 's tragi-comedy of homosexuality which had been banned after its first performance in 1965 . |
| 7 | The last time Gerber wore the famous black and white hooped shirt in 1983 he smashed a powerful Cardiff side with four tries . |
| 8 | When she left him in 1983 he was devastated . |
| 9 | In a paper in 1983 he proposed a system of exchange-rate target zones for the world 's principal currencies * . |
| 10 | Since moving to Australia in 1983 he has enjoyed both the informal Australian approach to life and the outlook of writers like Stoddart and Richard Cashman : ‘ They are much more challenging in their approach , less constrained by conventions , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering by the University in 1983 he will confer Honorary Degrees , following his installation in the Great Hall , on the highly acclaimed concert pianist John Briggs ; Peter Flesher , Managing Director of Allied Colloids ; Sir Gordon Jones , Chairman of Yorkshire Water and Frank Mumby , former Senior Lecturer in Music at Leeds University and piano tutor to Sir Trevor . |
| 12 | In 1983 he picked up his first ( and only ) Formula One world championship point in a Theodore-Ford in the United States Grand Prix ( West ) at Long Beach when he finished sixth . |
| 13 | In 1983 he wrote a charming book about his father . |
| 14 | In 1983 he became Axminster Winding Supervisor during the period when the new Gilbos Winding Machines were installed . |
| 15 | Ten years later in 1983 he joined the newly formed quality control team as an inspector . |
| 16 | In 1983 he publicly , and embarrassingly , announced that he and Brightman were in love , and that his 12-year-old marriage was over . |
| 17 | The defendant squatter , Tillson , had occupied several acres of agricultural land belonging to the council since 1967 , but in 1983 he had apparently acknowledged the plaintiff council 's title by becoming their tenant of the land . |
| 18 | In 1983 he underwent a quadruple heart by-pass operation and retired in 1987 . |
| 19 | He 's got no money to spend , and when he turned a losing team around in 1983 he had four or five exceptional and emerging players in his squad . |