Example sentences of "the [num] when the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Neither made a significant provision before 1820 , and their rivalry still persisted in the 1830s when the government began at last to assist them with grants . |
2 | It began to break down by the 1790s when the pressure of a growing population and insufficient work meant that over a fifth of the labour force was virtually permanently unemployed . |
3 | The post , erected in the 1840s when the area was drained , shows the land has sunk some 13ft-14ft — an ominous decline in view of forecasts that global warming may cause the nearby sea to rise . |
4 | A little further on , the small compact settlement of Lea Yeat ( Gate ) is reached , its tranquillity disturbed only in the 1870s when the railway was being constructed across the hillside above . |
5 | But its real take-off period was the 1870S when the introduction of a new cooling apparatus and the addition of chemical preservatives to the milk enabled it to be transported very long distances while remaining fresh . |
6 | It is , however , correct that these percentages were at their highest in the 1970s when the number of strikers was also at its highest . |
7 | The appointment of Fyfe to Warrington in 1921 was , however , the exception rather than the rule in the 1920s when the majority of missioners appointed or holding the posts were clergymen or hearing persons . |
8 | However , managed floating also was adopted in the 1930s when the gold standard was abandoned in the severe economic conditions of the time . |
9 | Commercial use finally ceased in the 1930s when the machinery was removed and the domestic conversion carried out . |
10 | By Leonard Barden THE EASY Soviet victory in this week 's world team championship at Lucerne recalled the palmy days of the 1950s when the generation of Botvinnik and Smyslov , Bronstein and Keres , outclassed opponents . |
11 | Such a fine contrast to the wave of hysteria which greeted the rock craze in the 1950s when the press , predictably absorbed by the outlandish pleasures of the young , railed against its demoralising influence . |
12 | By comparison with other intermediaries growth has been slow , at least until the 1980s when the value of investment trusts ' assets almost doubled ( 1981–86 ) . |