Example sentences of "been [verb] in 1986 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the precise aims and composition of RARA remained unclear , the organization appeared to have been formed in 1986 to protest against the " criminal policies " of the Netherlands authorities towards asylum seekers . |
| 2 | Prior to the civil war of 1990 , an opposition coalition had been formed in 1986 by the Liberian Action Party ( LAP , Jackson F. Doe l. ) ; the Liberian Unification Party ( LUP , William Gabriel Kpolleh l. ) ; and the Unity Party ( UP , Edward Kesselly l . ) . |
| 3 | On April 7 the Amir , in his first major speech since returning from exile [ see p. 38118 ] , announced that elections to a new parliament ( the National Assembly having been dissolved in 1986 — see pp. 34767-68 ) would be held in 1992 " after things settle down " . |
| 4 | The last seven years have seen a considerable expansion of the museum 's activities but have been coloured by the drama and eventual scandal surrounding the controversial restoration by Daniel Goldreyer of one of the museum 's principal paintings , Barnet Newman 's monumental ‘ Who 's afraid of red yellow and blue III ’ which had been vandalised in 1986 ( see p.15 ) . |
| 5 | Issa Abbas and Saad had been sentenced in 1986 and 1987 respectively for supplying money , passports and logistical support to the four-man team which carried out the hijacking . |
| 6 | Six people had been executed in 1986 for their part in the attempt . |
| 7 | Rodolfo Salas , a leading member of the illegal Communist Party of the Philippines-Marxist Leninist , on May 14 was convicted of rebellion and sentenced to six years ' and a day in prison ; Salas had been arrested in 1986 [ see p. 34872 ] . |
| 8 | All three had been convicted in 1986 of the 1985 murder of the Belau President , Haruo Remeliik but had been freed on appeal [ see pp. 33995-96 ; 35003 ; 35648 ] . |
| 9 | The London Boroughs had last been contested in 1986 when Labour won exactly half of all the seats and a small plurality in votes cast — see Table 1 . |
| 10 | The seats concerned had last been contested in 1986 [ see pp. 34451-52 ] . |
| 11 | As the seats in question had last been contested in 1986 , at the height of the popularity of the Nakasone government , the ruling party had little realistic expectation of increasing its total representation , but was aiming to avoid losing further ground to the opposition . |
| 12 | No similar undertaking has been expressed in 1986 , and it remains to be seen what prosecution policies will be adopted in the light of the new law . |