Example sentences of "[coord] in 1987 [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Berry already had ambitions to expand Blue Arrow 's personnel services on a global basis and in 1987 he discussed with County the possibility of his company 's launching a takeover of Manpower , a US-listed agency . |
2 | A chartered surveyor , he talked himself into the chairmanship of the Conservative backbench environment committee and in 1987 he tried to curb gazumping by a system of forfeits . |
3 | Between 1971 and 1980 local authority and new town completions averaged 143,000 dwellings a year , but in 1981 the figure plummeted to 68,000 and in 1987 it reached an all-time low of 22,000 . |
4 | We can see from the annual average figures that sterling 's effective exchange rate has fallen since 1975 ( 1975 = 100 ) and in 1987 it averaged 72.6 — depreciation of 27 per cent . |
5 | The feast spread over four days for a number of years , but in 1987 it began with an open-air service on Feast Sunday at which the Bishop of Whitby gave the address . |