Example sentences of "the 1980s have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just as the reduced level of import controls during the post Second World War period saw a substantial increase in world trade , so the increasingly liberal attitude to capital controls during the 1980s has seen a marked increase in cross-border investment — both to establish new factories and to engage in takeovers of existing firms . |
| 2 | But the greater professionalism of the top search consultants and their measurable success in the business by the 1980s has influenced a significant number of clients to go beyond a basically negative attitude ; and in the words of one regular user of search , to see headhunting not just as a convenient time and money saver , but as an objective , imaginative , innovative , creative and even indispensable management tool . |
| 3 | The 1980s have seen a significant change in the fortunes of the major executive search firms in London . |
| 4 | And the 1980s have seen a determined rejection of imported fashions , the British novelist or dramatist speaking to his people in the confident expectation that the world at large , too , will insist on taking notice and asking for more . |
| 5 | The 1980s have seen a public debate about the effects upon the economy of the growing proportion of old people in Britain ; and the stress has been on the increasing burden of costs that will result ( Department of Health and Social Security ( DHSS ) , 1985 ) . |