Example sentences of "the first time [prep] 1987 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second was the swift and inexplicable fall from grace of Kiwi superstar Chris Dickson who , with only four wins out of nine round-robin races , failed to make the semi-finals at an international event for the first time since 1987 . |
| 2 | Assad visited the Soviet Union on April 27-29 , 1990 , the first time since 1987 [ see p. 35416 ] , and held talks with President Gorbachev . |
| 3 | Higher wage claims led to unit labour costs in manufacturing increasing for the first time since 1987 , while consumer price inflation increased from an annual rate of 2.1 per cent in 1989 to one of 2.5 per cent in 1990 . |
| 4 | The Norwegian whaling fleet has already set sail to study stock sizes and to establish how many fish minke whales eat , and in May will begin commercial catches for the first time since 1987 . |
| 5 | In the other quarter-final , 12th-seeded Czech Helena Sukova held off Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria 6–4 6–7 6–3 to return to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1987 . |
| 6 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
| 7 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 8 | Lancashire , meanwhile , suffered a serious blow to their ambition to win the title for the first time since 1987 when they lost 9–8 to Durham at Seaton Carew . |
| 9 | Unadjusted unemployment , which topped three million last month for the first time since 1987 , fell by 19,451 to 3,042,614 — 10.8 per cent of the workforce . |
| 10 | According to Wine & Spirit magazine , the supermarkets overtook the specialist wine retailers ( which include pubs and independent wine merchants ) for the first time in 1987 , increasing their slice of the table-wine market since 1984 from 47 to 53 per cent . |
| 11 | Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 . |
| 12 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 13 | Fielding candidates for the first time in 1987 , it had a PV of 11.8 , but a PS of only 8.4 . |