Example sentences of "[vb past] in eastern [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 While North Korea found itself increasingly isolated by the momentous changes which occurred in Eastern Europe in 1989 , its relationship with China remained close [ for unofficial visit to Beijing by Kim Il Sung , politburo member Ho Dam and Foreign Minister Kim Yong Nam in November 1989 see p. 37041 ] .
2 She continued to look extremely doubtful even when Peregrine told the bystanders that it was none of our damn business what happened in Eastern Europe .
3 A schema of this kind is applicable to every type of society , and one particularly interesting question which it suggests is whether there may also be contradictions in socialist society ; that is to say , in such societies , claiming to be socialist , as actually existed in Eastern Europe , and could be studied in the world today , not in some imagined future condition of things where complete social harmony would prevail by definition .
4 The return on money spent or lent in Eastern Europe can be expected to be better , politically and commercially , than those from similar outflows into the gurgling sink of Latin America and other parts of the South .
5 The drought persisted in eastern Australia during 1982 and the cumulative effect up to the end of January 1983 is shown in Figure 1 .
6 As the meeting was in progress , battles raged in eastern Croatia , killing up to 21 people in the worst day of violence so far .
7 NATO and Warsaw Pact forces faced each other across the Elbe , Germany was still divided , the Red Army remained in Eastern Europe and , despite the rise of the Common Market , Western Europe relied on the US as a military guarantor .
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