Example sentences of "until about " in BNC.
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| 1 | fully established daily rhythms — that is , ones like those in adults — do not develop until about five years of age . |
| 2 | They can not get to sleep until about 2 o'clock in the morning or later , even when they go to bed much earlier . |
| 3 | But it does not arrive in Salamanca until about one-thirty the next day . |
| 4 | Spelt — Triticum sativum — was grown in small amounts in Britain until about 50 years ago . |
| 5 | This continued until about 1939 when the ceremony passed into history . |
| 6 | These survived until about 8000 years ago , when they were probably wiped out by the first human settlers . |
| 7 | I dress in haste and at ten I sit down to compose until about twelve or half past twelve . |
| 8 | The early Iron Age that followed lasted until about 800 BC , when the first city-states emerged . |
| 9 | From the very beginning , there was a reasonably healthy dissension between them , although it did not evolve into anything serious until about 18 months into the band 's career . |
| 10 | Experiments will last until about 1991 . |
| 11 | For various reasons , including the fact that he had recently eaten , it was not thought wise to operate until about 10pm that night . |
| 12 | Maturity comes late and the cows are often as much as four years old before they conceive , while the bulls can be sexually mature at 18–20 months old but do not usually mate until about four years old . |
| 13 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 14 | This lean-to structure lasted until about 1858 , when the construction of the present chapel was put in hand , to be opened on Good Friday 1860 . |
| 15 | This is an early use of the implied term ‘ Veterinary Surgeon ’ , which was not established as a title until about 1796 when it was introduced as an army designation ) . |
| 16 | Kentish Plovers bred regularly in East Sussex until about 1920 and between 1949 and 1956 ; none has bred since 1956 . |
| 17 | Collecting and holding the toads in containers until about 23.00 hours when the traffic dies down , as we did in our study , is a much more effective way of reducing road casualties . |
| 18 | They found night-spinning spiders and waited until about 2 am , when the webs were finished , before removing the spiders . |
| 19 | TEOTIHUACAN , the great pre-Hispanic city in the Valley of Mexico , dominated political , economic and cultural life in Mesoamerica for some seven centuries until about AD 700 . |
| 20 | This would continue until about 11 pm , when they would begin the long drive home . |
| 21 | The weighing , recording and allocation of prizes goes on until about 4pm , when the winning berries go on display until 7.30pm . |
| 22 | That was until about a year ago when the last Silicon party was held in Utrecht . |
| 23 | Part of the graveyard was reserved for deceased gipsies , and at the church gate stood the village stocks until about 1880 . |
| 24 | There were until about 20 years ago , mosaic pavements from Roman times displayed in their original positions where they had been discovered during field work , together with one unearthed some little distance away at a later excavation . |
| 25 | After the Ventures period , Moseley moved into the manufacture of Dobros until about 1969 . |
| 26 | Very often the day starts clear and bright in the mountains , and this continues until about 11 a.m. , when misty cloud develops between altitudes of 500m and 1,200m . |
| 27 | I used to play cricket until about ten years ago , when the A470 was driven through the village pitch . |
| 28 | It was used until about 1500 , when it was superseded by Modern English , which was based on the dialect of the East Midlands used by Chaucer . |
| 29 | A start was delayed until about eight o'clock . |
| 30 | Everything was normal and the shift going smoothly until about 3 a.m. when the human body is at its lowest ebb ( according to the medical profession ) and we do n't feel at our best . |