Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | This brought a lot of laughter and people on the rim of the crowd pushed forward for a better look , squeezing the inside circle until there was no room left for fighting , though Paddy had managed to free himself . |
| 2 | Time now to put out the stuff from the back of the shelves , holding back the normal fare until everyone is back on the treadmill again . |
| 3 | It has been said that the Court should consider an interim sum ‘ which would alleviate or mitigate the sufferings or hardships of the pursuer as a result of the injuries during the interim period until the case is finally decided ’ but , more recently , some judges have been persuaded that there is no reason why the interim payment should be restricted to the period up to the date of Proof and that if some estimate of the full value of the claim can be made , the pursuer is entitled to receive a significant portion thereof . |
| 4 | The NRC , consisting since the February 1989 elections of 210 elected and 68 presidentially appointed members ( and of 98 appointed members hitherto ) , acts as a legislative body for the interim period until a new constitution has been framed . |
| 5 | The President is assisted by a Prime Minister and a Cabinet composed of representatives of a number of political parties ; although the parties continue to exist , political activity is banned , and elections to the National Resistance Council ( NRC — hitherto comprising 98 appointed members ) were conducted on a non-party basis in February 1989 [ see p. 36455 ] , since when the NRC , now consisting of 210 elected and 68 presidentially appointed members , has acted as a legislative body for the interim period until a new constitution is framed . |
| 6 | An earlier farm stood here beside the Norman church until the new owner of Oakly built a smart new farm around a small Tudor building . |
| 7 | Does he agree that Turkey should not be admitted to the European Community until its human rights record is rectified ? |
| 8 | Earlier , on July 12 , Saibou had announced that he would stand down as chairman of the National Movement for a Development Society ( the sole party until the legalization of opposition parties in March ) , saying that he had decided to place himself above party politics . |
| 9 | Whisk the evaporated milk until it thickens , then fold into the chocolate mixture with the orange rind . |
| 10 | She slipped through the bushes alongside the sorry procession until they passed in through the lower guard of the castle , and disappeared up the tree-shrouded ramp . |
| 11 | Nothing should be done to further trade with the Iranian Government until that fatwa is lifted from the shoulders of Salman Rushdie . |
| 12 | Dalek firepower threatens to destroy the expeditionary force until the attackers hit on the idea of disabling the city 's power generators . |
| 13 | Matter of fact , I 'd forgotten she was going to be in the bloody country until she turned up . |
| 14 | if I worked there and they did n't do it , I 'd just turn round and say , no you 're not having the bloody key until you can learn to keep it clean . |
| 15 | The girl who this year became the youngest Wightman Cup player in history is technically not allowed to join the professional tour until she is 14 , in March . |
| 16 | The feeling for the good player who tends to have an aggravating fade with tee shots , is one of turning in the backswing and then almost trying to sit on the right foot until the moment of impact , the club getting there before the body unwinds . |
| 17 | And the last word hanging in the room and the awful silence until William 's nan poured the tea . |
| 18 | The BDDA , therefore , at the Glasgow Congress acquired a President who was and remained prominent in the deaf world until his gradual retirement , following the award of the MBE for " meritorious services to the deaf " , in 1945 . |
| 19 | A majority believed that the ILP should remain within the Labour Party until forced to withdraw . |
| 20 | A company is allowed to carry on business in the usual way until steps are taken to enforce the charge . |
| 21 | Three budding Nigel Mansells and an instructor in each car , went progressively faster around the circuit on the racing line until all were familiar with what was expected of them . |
| 22 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 23 | She attended the English Church until Lowe was dismissed and then tactfully discovered she had her own chaplain and therefore did not need to attend either of the rival churches . |
| 24 | Some years ago an advertisement aroused great wrath among the touchier members of the library profession : " I used to be the mainstay of the public library until I tried … " ( out of deference to the protesters , the brand name of the vodka in question is here suppressed ) . |
| 25 | For most of the period , from the first conquests in the fourteenth century until the rise of the South Slav nationalist movements in the nineteenth century , the empire was either preparing for a war against its Christian neighbours , fighting a war or recovering from a war . |
| 26 | The redness flowered into a sort of technicoloured aurora borealis , beams of magenta and pink fanning across the brightening sky until everything was transfigured by a brilliant crescent above an eastern dune . |
| 27 | He was a keen cyclist on the high bicycle until quite late in life and he was always an enthusiastic and knowledgeable gardener . |
| 28 | If the boat capsizes because it 's overpowered simply scramble into the high side until you end up standing on the daggerboard . |
| 29 | But my confidence did not remove all my fear , and I stayed hidden in the high grass until after midnight . |
| 30 | The United Nations has suspended the Somali peace talks in the Ethiopian capital until it has details of the fighting in Kismayu between militia forces of Mohamed Said Hersi , known as Gen Morgan , and Ahmed Omar Jess . |