Example sentences of "was [adv] until the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour government took powers to introduce charges for dentures , spectacles and appliances , but it was not until the financial crisis of 1951 that the government finally brought itself to introduce charges for these items , in the wake of the economic crisis brought about by rearmament and the Korean war . |
| 2 | It was not until the twentieth century that visual artists started to look into the landscape of the Highlands and Islands and try to say something about the lives of the people that lived through those times . |
| 3 | But it was not until the twentieth century that these policies proved effective . |
| 4 | It was not until the 17th century that Swanage became a port for tone . |
| 5 | It was not until the nineteenth century and the work of Pierre Janet that anyone even began to consider the subject of regression . |
| 6 | Their exclusion from the normal commerce of local society was perpetuated long beyond the time when leprosy had been controlled ; indeed , it was not until the nineteenth century that some Cagots finally became authentic citizens . |
| 7 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 8 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |
| 9 | Golby returned later with other officers to search the surrounding area , but it was not until the following morning that the terribly mutilated body of Inspector Joseph Drewitt was discovered . |
| 10 | It was not until the following summer that Cadwallon surprised Osric 's forces and slew the Deiran leader , thereafter ravaging widely across Anglian territory and slaying Eanfrith when he came to sue for peace ( HE 111 , 1 ) . |
| 11 | Although the Caucasus was then part of Russia , it was not until the mid-20th century that its borders were defined and political stability was achieved . |
| 12 | Then came the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars , and it was not until the famous wine classification of 1855 that the wines of Bordeaux were established as the some of the greatest of all wines in the world many believe the greatest . |
| 13 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 14 | It took hours and it was not until the late afternoon that he began the final copy . |
| 15 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 16 | Although the Vatican has records of a physic garden in 1277 , it was not until the sixteenth century that centres of learning , first in Italy and then elsewhere , began to establish their gardens of medicinal plants . |
| 17 | Population shortage had reduced the demand for land , and it was not until the sixteenth century that demand again began to exceed supply . |
| 18 | Notts County and Manchester City failed to make a vital breakthrough during the first half of their tie , it was not until the ninetieth minute that Notts County of the second beat Manchester City with a goal from Lund . |
| 19 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 20 | But it was not until the fourteenth century , when Christian monotheism had really taken root among the people , that the people of Europe had evolved sufficiently to develop a widespread mystical tradition of their own . |
| 21 | Oriental rugs were probably brought into Spain by the Moorish invaders during the 11th and 12th centuries , but it was not until the 14th century that Italian merchants , trading with Anatolia ( Turkey ) and the Near East , introduced them into most of Europe . |
| 22 | She was often out all evening and did not reappear until the small hours , so that it was not until the next day , not until the next evening , that Anna began to be alarmed at her absence . |
| 23 | Ven looked at her levelly for all of one second , then , ‘ If you remember , ’ he answered , ‘ it was not until the next day that I knew that the beautiful green-eyed woman with stunning light gold hair was a ‘ journalist ’ . ’ |
| 24 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 25 | It was not until the next morning that the local council realised they had to repair a large hole in the middle of the square . |
| 26 | The nearest Hounslow came to scoring was not until the eightieth minute when Keith Hoad headed narrowly wide from a Mark Francis cross . |
| 27 | So successfully indeed did the Bishops of Saintes oppose the claims of their rival that it was not until the seventeenth century that La Rochelle was allowed to have a cathedral of its own . |
| 28 | It was not until the very end of 1905 that the first Party Congress was summoned and an official programme adopted , and the immediate sequel was the defection of splinter groups to left and right . |
| 29 | The priest 's home was usually near the church , it was not until the eighteenth century when services became more infrequent that it was thought proper for the priest to become established in a big house , perhaps on a distant part of the glebe , and live with much of the dignity of a squire . |
| 30 | However , horns were generally seen as desirable , especially for harnessing plough oxen , and it was not until the eighteenth century that Scottish farmers began to breed selectively for the polled factor in order to make the cattle of Galloway easier to manage on the long droves to the London markets . |