Example sentences of "in 1990 [pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
2 | The Soviet Union was South Korea 's second-largest communist trading partner ( after China ) ; in 1989 bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to US$599 million , and in 1990 it was expected to exceed $1,000 million . |
3 | After a fire in the 1960s the pub was sympathetically restored ; however , in 1990 it was proposed to remove the central bar , which divides the Saloon and Public bars . |
4 | In 1990 it was estimated that in the United Kingdom there were 318000 people in residential homes , including 126000 in nursing homes . |
5 | In 1990 he was given a commission by British Rail to mark the introduction of their electrified 225 East Coast Inter-City service . |
6 | In 1990 he was appointed to the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia . |