Example sentences of "reached a record " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 1,019 murders in the first seven months of 1989 , 1 per cent below the same period last year , which eventually reached a record 1,896 . |
| 2 | But that 's just the start ; counts of 200 are not uncommon and in summer 1984 the pollen count in central London reached a record 820 . |
| 3 | Cocoa stocks reached a record 1.2m tonnes and a seventh year of surplus is forecast for the year to September 1991 . |
| 4 | The figures seem to suggest otherwise : robot orders by American firms reached a record $514m in 1989 and — despite a softening American economy — they were at roughly the same level in 1990 . |
| 5 | In 1989 equity-related issues reached a record 6.5% of GNP . |
| 6 | The result has been that sales of diesel cars in Britain last year reached a record 139,810 , or 8.8 per cent of a smaller total market , compared with 128,167 ( 6.38 per cent ) in 1990 . |
| 7 | In the first quarter of 1992 , as diesel car sales reached a record 11.35 per cent , Citroen , Peugeot and Rover models with this engine accounted for just over half of the 46,114 diesel models sold in the U.K. |
| 8 | The report showed that BBC expenditure on radio broadcasting reached a record £338.2m in 1991/2 , but said commercial radio stations were vying for revenue in a bigger market place . |
| 9 | According to ICCO figures , the accumulated world surplus of cocoa beans , including the ICCO 's own buffer stock , reached a record 1,200,000 tonnes in March , equivalent to nearly seven months ' world consumption . |
| 10 | The grain harvest reached a record 407,900,000 tonnes , 600,000 tonnes over the previous all-time high of 1984 . |
| 11 | In July 1989 inflation reached a record monthly rate of 196.6 per cent , compared with 114 per cent in June , fuelled by the huge increases in the prices of public services announced on July 9 , and by the price rises effected just before the entry into force of a price control agreement with leading manufacturers [ see p. 36810 ] which , it was announced on Oct. 7 , would be extended until March 1990 . |
| 12 | The current-account deficit reached a record A$17,400 million in 1988-89 , and inflation and the external debt continued to rise throughout 1989 , reaching 7.8 per cent and A$137,000 million respectively by the end of the year . |
| 13 | Results from the European Arctic Stratospheric Experiment ( Easoe ) show that ozone levels reached a record low over much of the northern hemisphere in January , as chlorofluorocarbon ( CFC ) chemicals combined with natural pollutants from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption to create " highly peturbed conditions " in the stratosphere . |
| 14 | According to Japan 's Environment Agency , the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic reached a record level in 1991 . |
| 15 | Complaints from passengers about British Rail reached a record level last year with the greatest number of complaints about punctuality . |
| 16 | Earnings per share in 1992 rose from 1.72p to 2.90p as the company 's production reached a record average of 13,888 barrels per day . |