Example sentences of "until [art] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the day of ‘ our final hour ’ approached our publicity releases continued to whip up public opinion , and I carefully planned the last programme for broadcast from 9pm on the last evening until the station 's license expired with the stroke of midnight . |
| 2 | Sweetheart was going to be a model , too , but not until the school 's principal found the good sense to send her maliciously jealous sisters-in-law packing . |
| 3 | The window had cost Yanto a lot of money , until the girl 's father heard about it and reimbursed him . |
| 4 | Without speaking , she crooked her hand round the back of Cissie 's head , pulling her close until the girl 's head nestled in the dip of Beth 's shoulder . |
| 5 | She spoke in this way until the girl 's hand went limp and she seemed to have fallen into a doze . |
| 6 | Salvadorean women can not begin the practical experiment by which they hope to change their lives — now largely a theoretical debate — until the country 's right to self-determination is respected . |
| 7 | The first signs of political discontent in England over the conduct of the war surfaced in the parliament of February 1371 , when the commons refused to grant a subsidy until the king 's clerical ministers of state had been replaced by laymen who , unlike their clerical counterparts , would be liable to answer for their misdeeds in the royal courts . |
| 8 | There 'll nobody get out of the town by this road until the king 's officers have passed . ’ |
| 9 | If they had closed the gates to guard against any untoward incident until the king 's men had passed , they would be the less inclined to make any checks of those passing through afterwards . |
| 10 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 11 | One scheme was to transfer his legal estate to a relative or friend who was staying behind , who could look after it and administer it until he returned , or who , should the knight die abroad , could take care of it until the knight 's son reached his majority and could take it over himself . |
| 12 | The BM can never be guaranteed to have learned perfectly , so learning continues until the machine 's performance appears to be good enough . |
| 13 | Jacob now only vaguely remembered childhood days when his grandfather had loved bouncing him on his knee until the boy 's tiny yarmulkah almost slid down over his eyes , while chanting ‘ Yankeleh , Yankeleh , geb tzu zein zeide a bonkeleh . ’ |
| 14 | He thrust his free left hand into the back of Harry 's collar , took a fistful of him , cotte and shirt and all , and twisted until the boy 's cheeks purpled and his eyes began to swim . |
| 15 | The bank manager says that I can not have it until the will 's executor , my stepfather , agrees . |
| 16 | Simple calculation reveals that so that the optimal policy is a slow increase in the rate of growth of the money supply until the government 's propensity to create inflation is revealed . |
| 17 | He told students at Edinburgh University that no changes were planned but allowed himself a get-out clause by stressing that he would not be tied to any position until the Government 's conclusions on the industry had been agreed . |
| 18 | Cranston leaned over the table , placing his hands over those of Fitzosbert and pressing down hard until the keeper 's face paled and beads of sweat broke out on his brow . |
| 19 | When the price has been agreed your agent will confirm it in writing and notify your solicitor — but wait until the buyer 's survey has been completed and the house given the OK before celebrating or allowing your agent to put up his ‘ Sold Subject to Contract ’ sign . |
| 20 | Subsequent analyses of observations from that day , when the satellite was well-placed for observations , showed a short burst of gamma and X-rays followed about a minute later by energetic neutrons that kept on coming until the satellite 's orbit carried it behind the earth . |
| 21 | The third is the interest on which will be unknown until the council 's tax starts rolling in . |
| 22 | But news of the delay means many prefer to wait until the reservoir 's future becomes more certain . |
| 23 | When antidepressants are prescribed , the therapist 's role is largely to provide support until the patient 's mood improves sufficiently for him to tackle his problems himself . |
| 24 | It is often better to leave such exploration until the patient 's difficulties are beginning to resolve because by then the patient may be more willing to consider , for example , that his act was based on hostile and manipulation motives . |
| 25 | Theatre staff usually wait until the patient 's vital signs are stabilizing before allowing the patient to return to the ward . |
| 26 | Although until the crown 's powers were curbed in 1688 it was limited in scope and summoned when and if a monarch felt like it . |
| 27 | Perhaps tonight 's events would , however , at least until the Society 's suspicions had been allayed . |
| 28 | Tuan Ti Fo persevered , following his mouth with the spoon , coaxing a little of the liquid into him each time , until the child 's mouth was opening wide for each new spoonful . |
| 29 | A care order other than an interim order will continue in force until the child 's eighteenth birthday unless it is brought to an end sooner ( s91(11) ) . |
| 30 | Given that it is good for many people to get out of the home and meet other people at work , and that it is crucially important not to leave re-entry into the labour market until the person 's children have grown up , these disregard rules need to be reversed as soon as possible . |