Example sentences of "of [art] 1980s the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within months , Scargill 's warnings of substantial pit closures were transformed into reality : the NUM was unable to resist — with most of its members at the affected pits rapidly opting for the generous redundancy terms — and with the privatization of the electricity-generating industry at the end of the 1980s the ability of many British mines to compete was in question ; closures were instituted even in the more productive fields . |
| 2 | During the boom years of the 1980s the Duke of Westminter 's company embarked on a building spree , especially in Mayfair . |
| 3 | By the close of the 1980s the West Coast had started to regain some of its old vitality and was emerging as the most utilised and profitable part of the InterCity network . |
| 4 | At the end of the 1980s the pattern of accountability is changing . |
| 5 | After the Second World War , however , there was a more rapid advance : democratic regimes were re-established in Germany and Italy , and from the late 1970s in Portugal and Spain ; many colonial territories gained their independence , though they did not always develop subsequently in democratic forms ; and at the end of the 1980s the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe was followed by the restoration , or creation , of democratic political systems . |
| 6 | Thereafter , both Labour and Conservative governments reduced the proportion , and by the end of the 1980s the community change had replaced the rates . |