Example sentences of "1979 [conj] [num] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1979 and 1987 the proportion of unemployed men who received supplementary benefit alone increased from 43 per cent to 61.4 per cent . |
| 2 | Between 1979 and 1987 the number of inpatients treated in English hospitals went up by a quarter and day cases by almost 60 per cent . |
| 3 | Between 1979 and 1986 the number of private residential homes in Great Britain increased by an average of 18.1 per cent a year . |
| 4 | Between 1979 and 1989 the reduction in public-sector employment , extension of private home-ownership ( up from 55 per cent to 65 per cent ) and share-ownership ( up from 7 per cent to 22 per cent ) , increasing scope for private provision of services , and run-down of trade union membership ( down from 54 per cent to 46 per cent of the workforce ) have all been government objectives . |
| 5 | The stockbrokers Phillips and Drew estimated that between 1979 and 1989 the proportion of shares in private hands fell from 33% to 18% . |
| 6 | Between 1979 and 1999 the number increased from 55,300 to 97,900 , a rise of over 70 per cent . |
| 7 | Between 1979 and 1985 the proportion of wealth , held by the most wealthy 1 per cent fell by only 2 per cent . |