Example sentences of "back in [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , some crumbled , some caused fear and crime and many led to isolation hundreds of feet up above the rest of the town , But back in 1952 something needed to be done to take us out of Victorian and Edwardian accommodation and into the second half of the 20th century . |
| 2 | When Peter Adamson wrote the NI 's first editorial back in 1973 he would have found it hard to believe that things could get much worse in the field of trade — but they have . |
| 3 | If you acquired 100 shares back in 1973 you would have paid £145 . |
| 4 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 5 | Back in 1980 there were no advance indications of the coming intifadah ( uprising ) , followed by unprecedented signs of willingness on the part of the PLO to seek a negotiated settlement . |
| 6 | Back in 1919 they made what was considered a ‘ momentous ’ decision : they chose to market their wines under their own brand name . |
| 7 | Back in 1961 it had been , briefly , a very famous line , and a very tragic line too . |
| 8 | Back in 1949 it cost a minimum of four shillings for a mention in the In Memoriam section . |
| 9 | Back in 1951 it was 3.8% . |
| 10 | 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 . |