Example sentences of "[verb] until the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to the previous month there were few air raids on Liverpool in April and although the warning sounded several times , no bombs were dropped until the twenty-sixth of the month . |
| 2 | The sperm is stored and frozen until the second negative test result is confirmed . |
| 3 | Many vignerons , however , will wait until the fourth or fifth year to avoid over-straining the young vines , which in turn will ensure a longer and more productive life . |
| 4 | Jesus did not actually say that John would survive until the Second Coming , but , ‘ If it is my will that he remain until I come , what is that to you ? ’ ( 21:23 ) . |
| 5 | The new model joins the previously-announced 16-port model , although it has an earlier availability date : the company is aiming for late this quarter for the eight-port model , while the 16-port version is not expected until the third quarter . |
| 6 | The only other information available is in the form of case histories of athletes who have continued to train until the third trimester of pregnancy and changed to swimming exercises . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the latest issue of RISC Management claims that ‘ the multi-threaded SMP capabilities that are the core of Solaris 2.0 will not appear until the fourth calendar quarter — in time for the first multi-processor Sparcstation shipments , but a year behind schedule . ’ |
| 8 | John Weber where an exhibition of his newest denunciation may be seen until the sixteenth of this month is not leaking any advance information about the show . |
| 9 | For morals we wait until the next chapter but there will be the same dependence on spontaneity whenever I choose on behalf of someone else what I think he himself would want in his own interests . |
| 10 | If the predator takes a wrong direction they remain in hiding until the danger is passed , but if it comes close again they wait until the last moment and then repeat the dash-and-hide movement . |
| 11 | She is now a ward of court and no decision about her future can be made until the next court hearing on Tuesday , said a social services chief with Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London . |
| 12 | She is a ward of court and no decision about her future can be made until the next court hearing on Tuesday , said a social services official with Hammersmith and Fulham council in west London . |
| 13 | I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter . |
| 14 | All but one of the chiefs took the oath timeously , the exception being the aged McIan Macdonald of Glencoe who delayed until the last few days of 1691 . |
| 15 | Boeing said that no planes would be built until the first firm orders were placed by customers , signalling the start of a bitter fight with the Airbus consortium for orders . |
| 16 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 17 | As a tort , however , it was little developed until the second half of the nineteenth century and the law remained obscure until the decision of the House of Lords in Crofter Hand-Woven Harris Tweed Co . |
| 18 | The fact that they have been asked to continue until the next World Cup makes good common sense and I hope it is a sign that at long last someone at the top is finally making the right decisions . |
| 19 | As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs . |
| 20 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 21 | BP has excellent potential but given uncertainty over first-half earnings any recovery will have to wait until the second half . |
| 22 | Party leader Dr Laurence Kennedy had to wait until the sixth count before he was re-elected . |
| 23 | Party leader Dr Laurence Kennedy had to wait until the sixth count before he was re-elected . |
| 24 | Party leader Dr Laurence Kennedy had to wait until the sixth count before he was re-elected . |
| 25 | Parnevik had to wait until the sixth for his first birdie , but then had four in a row , and four more in his matching inward half of 32 . |
| 26 | It is often quite unacceptable to wait until the next committee meeting for a report on what has been accomplished by Ms Smith and Mr Jones . |
| 27 | However , the South African presidential delegation did have some informal meetings with members of the caucus , of which some members wanted all US sanctions sustained until the fifth condition was met — repeal of the Group Areas Act and of the Population Registration Act . |
| 28 | In fact they deserved every sympathy but they succeeded only in making themselves look obstructive and unreconstructed , relics of the pre-meritocratic days before the Heineken League , which of course they fought until the last ditch was so full of water they had to jump out . |
| 29 | ( 1978 ) have pointed out , in its strong form , the clausal hypothesis is that interpretation of a clause does not begin until the last word in the clause has been heard or read . |
| 30 | Compaq announced new members of both its Prosignia and its top of the range SystemPro/XL machines , but they will not even begin to ship until the third quarter . |