Example sentences of "until [adv] [pers pn] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now it has been thought that interferon can do little to prevent the initial entry of viruses into a cell . |
| 2 | Its preferred approach was more informative reporting of disciplinary and appeal committee hearings — until now it has only released details of the charges the accused has been found guilty of , and the final ruling . |
| 3 | This law dates back to the Middle Ages , when it was a means of filling the royal coffers , and until now it has allowed the State ( today the Treasury ) to claim possession of valuable objects whose owners can not be traced . |
| 4 | Until now it has been assumed that social changes are determined by events which have the same status in the sense that they may all be conditions and consequences of each other . |
| 5 | The Pro-note V is the first IBM-compatible machine that Matsushita has offered on the Japanese market — until now it has manufactured and sold only personal computers compatible with Fujitsu Ltd 's FMR series — all the leading brands run incompatible versions of Japanese MS-DOS — indicating a major change in strategy as IBM-compatible machines become more acceptable in Japan with the advent of the DOS/V bilingual operating system . |
| 6 | The new process could make carpet recycling possible on a major scale ; until now it has been laborious and expensive to separate out the component materials , which often include wool , nylon as well as latex . |
| 7 | Employing 30 full-time staff , until now it has relied on its council grant for 40% of its funding . |
| 8 | Until now he has managed to push bills through the National Assembly , even though his Socialists are in a minority there , by making little deals with the conservatives or with the Communists . |
| 9 | Until now he has fitted in spoken word stints between recording and touring commitments with The Rollins Band . |
| 10 | He opened a shop there in 1961 and gradually took over other premises , including the castle , until today he has an annual turnover of more than a million second-hand books . |
| 11 | Until then he has merely been an angel , hovering at the frontiers of the heavenly world . |
| 12 | Until recently it has tended to be a middle-class , if not an upper-class , home where the father prides himself on being able to provide well for his family , and the mother prides herself on being a good ‘ homemaker ’ who runs the establishment with precise efficiency , giving careful consideration to the basic ( i.e. material ) needs of all the occupants . |
| 13 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |