Example sentences of "[prep] 1986 it " in BNC.
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1 | During the summer months of 1986 it became clear that this approach enjoyed strong backing from the United States and Britain . |
2 | Since the stock of dinar assets held by households has risen much more slowly than this , the proportion of household assets held in foreign exchange accounts has steadily grown : while in 1980 this proportion was less than 40 per cent , by the end of 1986 it had reached nearly 70 per cent . |
3 | The Data Protection Registrar , in publicising a closing date of May 1986 for the receipt of registrations , had no idea how many data users ought to be registering ; in the event the flow of registrations was far slower than had been hoped , but by the end of 1986 it was clear that the higher guesses were more likely to be right . |
4 | Under the Protection of Children ( Tobacco ) Act of 1986 it is illegal to sell any tobacco product to anyone below the age of 16 . |
5 | Construction of the Sighthill Bypass commenced in September 1984 and with work substantially complete by the end of 1986 it is being opened to traffic some nine months ahead of programme . |
6 | The change in price has been dramatic — in 1986 it was estimated that it would be impossible to distribute imported whisky free of charge at a cost of less than Y 2,600 a bottle . |
7 | Until the 1980s Korea was in chronic current-account deficit ; in 1986 it went into surplus . |
8 | In 1986 it employed about 11,500 workers , and a year later , when its affairs were the subject of wide comment in the press , it was said to be employing 13,000 , or even 14,000 , workers . |
9 | In 1986 it entered into an agreement with a private firm to operate the gardens , despite clear warnings from a number of sources about the viability of the company concerned . |
10 | In 1986 it was different for a whole host of reasons , the main one being the boycott , because of New Zealand 's sporting links with South Africa , by thirty-two countries . |
11 | In a separate study of 17,000 Harvard graduates in 1986 it was determined that moderate exercise could add up to two years to a person 's life . |
12 | When I talked to members of the 1964 pie committee in 1986 it was still not certain if and when this pie would appear , but appear it did as the l988 ‘ bicentenary pie ’ . |
13 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
14 | The Conservative government chose in 1979 to raise pensions in line with prices rather than wages ; in 1986 it reduced the value of the state earnings-related pension scheme ( SERPS ) . |
15 | Since then , training has become an increasingly important part of CEPRA 's activities and in 1986 it joined forces with the Association of Native Language Communicators to set up a three-year communication diploma course for native language speakers . |
16 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
17 | In 1986 it employed 670 people and shipped around US $500 million of systems . |
18 | Budhoo asserts that the IMF and World Bank are key elements in an economic order that is deepening Third World poverty , the debt crisis , and a flight of capital from developing to developed countries which has soared in recent decades : in 1986 it amounted to well over $30 billion from the Caribbean and Latin America alone . |
19 | The justices left intact a ruling by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals , which had held that the US Congress had acted properly when in 1986 it had prohibited individuals from possessing or transferring machine guns . |
20 | In 1986 it was decided that those paints , even the treated ones , that contained lots of nasty chemicals could not be buried at all , but had to be burnt . |
21 | When the paper introduced direct input in 1986 it was clear that articles created electronically could be stored the same way . |
22 | From 1986 it was replaced by Standard grade . |
23 | Since 1986 it has raised ¥843 billion ( $5.6 billion ) by issuing convertible bonds in Japan and warrant bonds in Europe ( see table on next page ) . |
24 | Originally it covered all gifts , but since 1986 it is restricted to gifts on death or those made within seven years of death . |
25 | Since 1986 it has offered a wide range of programmes in the fields of management and technology with the Graduate School of Business Administration taking the lead role in these activities . |
26 | By 1986 it was clear that an actual return of the territories to Jordanian sovereignty would threaten his long term authority on the East as well as the West Bank . |
27 | By 1986 it had become evident that these fears had , to some extent , been realized . |
28 | However , by 1986 it had become evident that the collapse in manufacturing had been so severe that alternative approaches based on tourism and retailing should be given much greater prominence ( MDC , 1986 ) . |
29 | Thus in 1970 EC12 unemployment was only 1.8 per cent , by 1986 it had reached 11.7 per cent ( Fig. 6.2 ) . |