Example sentences of "were [vb pp] in [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in DML 's 1989/90 accounts , John Morris , DML 's former chairman , said that after two submarine refits were cancelled in that year and the workforce cut by nearly 1,500 to 5,000 , any further loss of work would threaten its entire viability . |
| 2 | The Plymouth Brethren were founded in that year of 1820 , by an Anglican ex-clergyman , on the basis of strict Calvinism , which had been a considerable influence earlier on John Wesley , but not embraced by him . |
| 3 | Of an edition of Luther 's Bible printed in Wittenberg in 1534 , it is estimated that 100,000 copies were sold in forty years . |
| 4 | The changes in Eastern Europe were recognised in last year 's survey to be of long term importance only . |
| 5 | In fact , of the 202 cases where a date of birth is known ( see Table 8 ) , only 4 were born in that year ( as compared with 18 born in 1895 ) . |
| 6 | You were born in different years , no you were n't . |
| 7 | The measures , designed to boost the supply side of the economy , were announced in this year 's Budget . |
| 8 | I think that the right decisions were taken in recent years on the deployment of cruise and other nuclear matters , and we are now seeing the benefit of that . |
| 9 | This never materialised , and the pits were extended in post-war years to facilitate routine inspections . |
| 10 | In a study of a forest as a whole , the Budongo Forest in Uganda , it was found that 40% of all seeds were eaten by rodents before and immediately after germination and about a further 30% were killed in 2 years by browsing antelope , while there were further losses from seed rot , insect and fungal attack and drought . |
| 11 | He could admit that the 7 million days that allegedly were lost in one year under a Labour Government were lost under this Government , in less than three days because of unemployment . |
| 12 | Hundreds of trees were lost in last year 's storms and ‘ the garden in the wood ’ suffered much damage . |
| 13 | Two further very successful fetes were held in following years . |