Example sentences of "was in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Myeloski had not told Duncan was that the Cathedral of the Assumption was where the coronation of Russia 's rulers had traditionally taken place , that the last of these great ceremonies was in 1896 , when Nicholas was crowned as tsar and became Russia 's last Romanov emperor . |
| 2 | It was in 1899 that Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Oak Park , a highly respectable suburb of Chicago . |
| 3 | Before 1800 he had installed gas apparatus to light the factory and the first public appearance of gas lighting was in 1802. this was when the outside of the Soho Manufactory was illuminated for the Peace of Amiens . |
| 4 | They had been in the final only two years before , whereas Preston 's last appearance was in 1889 . |
| 5 | There was in 1986–7 considerable variation between Partnerships in the balance of expenditure . |
| 6 | The nearest approach which was made to judicial independence was in 1289 , when Edward I enacted that the seneschal of Aquitaine was the principal seneschal set above all the sub-seneschals ( of the Agenais , Landes , Quercy , Limousin and so forth ) . |
| 7 | ( Its first appearance in the index to The Times , not a bad indicator , was in 1965 . ) |
| 8 | This , Mr Miller has argued ( in a 1990 article in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance called ‘ The MM Propositions After 30 Years ’ ) , left the incentive to borrow as high or even higher than it was in 1963 . |
| 9 | Lewis 's self-image , though less carefully cultivated , has lasted longer in the English-speaking world at large , and even swollen since his death , which was in 1963 , into something of a cult . |
| 10 | That was in 1963 . |
| 11 | It was in 1688 that he became a leader of the seven bishops , including Archbishop Sancroft of Canterbury , who refused to ‘ make themselves parties ’ to the two Declarations of Indulgence issued by James II and aimed at giving the Nation a greater degree of religious tolerance , thus taking some of the pressure off the Roman Catholics . |
| 12 | It was in 1913 that the first reference is made to the Luker family , proprietors of the Henley Standard , when on October 31st , Charles Luker was beaten on the 21st hole in the Ladies ' Cup semi-final . |
| 13 | Pavlova 's last appearance in Russia was in 1913 . |
| 14 | Hitherto a semi-independent region of western China ruled by a Dalai Lama , the head of Tibet 's Buddhist clergy and thus its spiritual leader , Tibet was in 1950 occupied by the Chinese communist People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) . |
| 15 | Hitherto a semi-independent region of western China ruled by the Dalai Lama , the head of Tibet 's Buddhist clergy and its spiritual leader , Tibet was in 1950 occupied by the communist Chinese People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) . |
| 16 | Her last visit to the hospital was in 1950 when she had her first baby there . |
| 17 | Her first job was in 1983 with the Leeds Playhouse Company , playing Essie in The Devil 's Disciple by Bernard Shaw . |
| 18 | The first major demonstration of this was in 1983 , in the controversy over the abortion amendment . |
| 19 | Her three children , now 15 , eight and six , were handicap enough , but the fact that her last job as a bookkeeper was in 1983 was seen as a severe liability . |
| 20 | The Chancellor abolished tax relief on ( new ) Life Assurance Policies in the 1984 budget , but has made no move to abolish , or phase-out MITR — indeed speculation in some parts of the Conservative party before the 1987 Election centred not on whether there would be a reduction , but whether there would be an increase in the maximum level of relief permitted ( the previous increase was in 1983 , also a general election year ) . |
| 21 | As an example of the pitfalls involved in drafting questions , we can consider the fuss that there was in 1983 when Hill announced that he had found that as many as 40 per cent of six-year-old children had seen ‘ video-nasties ’ ( i.e. video films of horror , violence , and sadistic sex ) . |
| 22 | The last time a net surplus in global lending had been recorded was in 1983 , when rising levels of bank interest and a strong dollar had left many commodity-dependent countries unable to service their existing obligations . |
| 23 | The environment is no longer believed to be the vote-getter it was in 1983 , when the Labour government came to power . |
| 24 | ‘ It was in 1971 against the Luxembourg team Jeunesse Hautcharage in the European Cup Winners ’ Cup first round , ’ he says . |
| 25 | The Conservatives ' advantage over Labour in the post-election survey is nearly double what it was in 1964 and treble what it was as recently as on Tuesday and Wednesday last week : 1964Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Now Conservatives ' best 45 45 43 44 45 52 Labour best 34 37 38 38 38 31 Con advantage+11 +8 +5 +6 +7+21 While the Tories were triumphing on the issues , they were also triumphing on the matter of personal leadership . |
| 26 | His last UK hit , Dimples , was in 1964 but his 28-year absence from the charts was not quite enough to beat Eartha Kitt , who disappeared from the charts in 1955 and did n't return until 1983 . |
| 27 | Bishop Proudie , the old man 's successor , was granted £5,000 — and this was in 1857 . |
| 28 | That was in 1976 . |
| 29 | But that was in 1976 , a black year for British sprinting when no one was selected for the 100 metres at the Montreal Olympics . |
| 30 | The last English edition was in 1976 , and Harrer has extensively updated the story of the climb that the Guinness Book of Records once dubbed ‘ The Meanest Mountain on Earth ’ . |