Sentence examples for 1980 from inspiring English sources

The 10% hurdle, dating from the military-authored constitution of 1980, had been intended in part to diminish Kurdish representation in the parliament.

The minister's letter concedes it has never been universally loved, but points out that in 1979 and 1980, soon after it opened, it won a string of construction and design awards.

As those born after 1980 become more plentiful in the electorate, we will likely see more victories for same-sex marriage forces.

Sadly it ended up more like Arsenal in 1980 than Ipswich in 1981.

The proportion of aid allocated to agriculture fell from 17% in 1980 to just 3% in 2005.

The trophies were miniature replicas of the cup first presented at the All England Club in 1887 for his run of wins between 1976 and 1980.

One of her early breakthrough film roles was as Victoria, Bob Hoskins's girlfriend, in the violent and highly rated 1980 London gangster thriller The Long Good Friday.

Long before Google Earth, Hockney depicted these hills in absurd oranges, greens, blues and reds in landscapes such as Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio, 1980.

The passage of the Irish referendum would be confirmation of a dramatic cultural shift in a socially-conservative country; homosexuality was only decriminalised in Ireland in 1993 – compared with 1967 for England and Wales, 1980 for Scotland, and 1982 for Northern Ireland – and civil partnerships were made legal in 2010, six years after the UK.

The Solidarity movement established itself under Wałesa's leadership during the Gdansk shipyard strikes in the summer of 1980.

MACAULAY CULKIN 1980- (US) Big break: Home Alone (1990) A short life: The burglar-defying 10-year-old Culkin was the biggest child star since Shirley Temple.