Example sentences of "early [adj] when the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then abolition was not completed until the early 1890s when the number of landless and dispossessed peasants and rural labourers increased dramatically . |
| 2 | The Broadisland Gathering is turning the clock back to the early 1600s when the area was settled by Scots Lowlanders . |
| 3 | In the early 1970s when the idea of JET was first conceived , the best recorded value fell short by a factor of 25 000 ; by 1990 JET was within a factor Of 20 . |
| 4 | Advertising was practically never used , even in the early 1970s when the use of search by companies was much less widespread . |
| 5 | A more recent reappraisal took place in the early 1980s when the decision was taken to shed the foods side of the business and concentrate on the confectionery and soft drinks divisions . |
| 6 | The phenomenon of the management buy-out first emerged in Britain in the early 1980s when the economy was in deep recession . |
| 7 | In the early 1980s when the policy of overfunding led to persistent money market shortages , the Bank 's bill mountain was criticised from the standpoint that it entailed the Bank acting essentially as a clearing bank , lending to the corporate sector ( albeit indirectly ) via its bill purchases . |