Example sentences of "back in 1988 " 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 | Based on the Marvel comic of the same name and filmed back in 1988 , it 's the usual uncomplicated but enjoyable mix of demolition derby and fuck you one-liners , which features Dolph as a leather-clad psycho-avenger tearing up nightclubs with huge guns , using his karate skills on mob bosses and riding round city sewers on his Harley . |
| 3 | Although women were proportionately less successful than men in being elected ( 24% of them came first as against 35% of men ) , 1990 resumed the upward trend in female participation in local elections which had been so strangely set back in 1988 . |
| 4 | When she spoke to Guitarist back in 1988 , Jennifer described how landing the job as guitar player on one of the largest tours ever was a dream come true ; how did it feel to be asked back this time ? |
| 5 | Neighbours also provided a missing ingredient in our diet of soaps when it became a five-times- a-week fixture back in 1988 . |
| 6 | Indeed , back in 1988 following two of those infamous encounters , Tennis World editor , Alastair McIver , in his article , ‘ When Carnival becomes Chaos ’ called for the ITF to keep ‘ a closer check ’ on the behaviour of crowds in South America whose national associations are hosting Davis Cup ties . |
| 7 | The basis of Pink , the Apple/IBM ( Taligent ) object-oriented operating system of the future is understood to be a proprietary microkernel called Opus that began life in Apple back in 1988 . |
| 8 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 9 | The company is still paying off the debts incurred when it simultaneously bought itself out from parent company Perkin-Elmer and acquired rival real-time vendor Masscomp , back in 1988 ( UX No 191 ) , but last week filed a public offer of sufficient new shares to raise about $60m . |
| 10 | Bracknell , UK-based Recital ( which has a US subsidiary in Boston ) , which started off back in 1988 with the aim of helping dBase , FoxBase and Clipper users to migrate to Unix and VAX/VMS platforms , welcomes Xbase , as it removes the possibilities of legal threats over dBase . |
| 11 | The Annex servers are the latest generation of the NS32000-based line that Xylogics bought from Encore Computer Corp back in 1988 ( UX No 211 ) . |
| 12 | iXos was founded back in 1988 ( UX No 179 ) by Eberhard Farber ( founder of PCS Cadmus ) and Hans Strach-Zimmerman ( ex head of Unix development at Siemens AG ) to develop Benutzerfreundlich — user friendly — applications . |
| 13 | Who did you principally deal with in the Spanish government back in 1988 ? |
| 14 | This was back in 1988 , when Enrico Platter , head of children 's and youth programmes for WDR in Germany , proposed a 13-part series to the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) , and Ms Cann , then acting on behalf of Heinemann Young Books ) , publisher of the original Farthing Wood title , drew up a straightforward rights deal with WDR . |
| 15 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
| 16 | It is said that this was one principal factor behind the setting up of a number of Court of Session rules setting out expedited procedures back in 1988 . |
| 17 | Milling was last capped back in 1988 but with Waringstown 's Alan Nelson already ruled out of the Kenya trip due to work commitments , must feature strongly in the selectors ' minds . |
| 18 | AMONG the great delights of the South Bank 's Moments of Vision touring exhibition back in 1988 were the thumbnail sketches and descriptions of each painting made by Nerys Johnson . |
| 19 | Duff , who won the title when representing Auchinleck back in 1988 , but now resident in England and representing his new country , looked to be heading for the quarter-finals when he opened up a 6-1 final-set lead over Dennis Catunarich . |
| 20 | The plant and sales office had been registered in 1990 , and distribution services department back in 1988 . |