Example sentences of "so until " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally athletes are kept waiting at the start for a minute or so until television is ready . |
| 2 | Put the filling into the pre-baked pastry case and bake at 350°F ( 180°C ) gas mark 4 for 20 min or so until it is hot and just set . |
| 3 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 4 | That said , we have seen so many people in recent months who wanted to move but could not do so until they knew what was going to happen to their take-home income . ’ |
| 5 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 6 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 7 | So until I hear otherwise I am going to go on thinking of Jerusalem as a place where Arab , Jew and Christian have a crossroads and a task to effect reconciliation that will take deeds , not words , to achieve . |
| 8 | He had kicked the old Jew in the face whilst he was grovelling after his glasses , and kept on doing so until the whimpering had stopped and he was satisfied the man could not live . |
| 9 | So until we have fairly set out upon that road , how can we really hope to understand the inner beings of other creatures ? |
| 10 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 11 | Our Higher Self is eager to give us a life full of love , joy , success and abundance ; but it will not do so until we say ‘ Yes ’ , and we keep turning our backs on it . |
| 12 | He was not allowed to do so until just before they returned home , and too late for Passover . |
| 13 | The upper section of the sheet was left parted to expose the features to view and remained so until the time came to secure the lid . |
| 14 | As I learned more of missionary work all over the world , I began to realise that there had to be a tremendous effort to help undernourished people to grow their own food for themselves , a task which is still tragically unfinished , and will remain so until the nations of the world , rich and poor , combine together to sacrifice a meagre percentage of their gross national product , which experts calculate to be necessary to abolish hunger in a generation . |
| 15 | So prices are inflated and will remain so until there is a steady flow of imported goods . |
| 16 | When you do cook , only do so until they are tender-crisp — never until soft ( unless you are making a purée ! ) . |
| 17 | ‘ She was doing so until the illness took over almost completely , ’ said Bob . |
| 18 | So until it rains , the spadefoot sits immobile in its burrow , an unsuspected living presence beneath the parched desert floor . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the tight filming schedule could not wait for just two weeks or so until a suitable engine ( ie a 4F 0-6-0 ) arrived at Bury . |
| 20 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 21 | Obviously if the demands upon us outweigh our resources this will create stress and will continue to do so until we act either to strengthen our resources or reduce the demands upon us or both . |
| 22 | ‘ These are difficult times for all of us , ’ thundered the editorial , ‘ and will continue to be so until we are reaping the full benefits of North Sea oil . |
| 23 | Quite sharp conflicts continually develop between these two approaches , and will continue to do so until their relation is thought out properly . |
| 24 | But it was still a steam railway and remained so until after the turn of the century . |
| 25 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 26 | " I shall do so until you give me leave to be more familiar . " |
| 27 | This is why much of philosophy has been barren for more than 2,000 years and is likely to remain so until philosophers learn to understand the language of information processing . " |
| 28 | ‘ So until you know a little more of what it 's all about , do n't expect me to take you seriously . |
| 29 | Battle and bloodshed and betrayal lay behind them , and now they met peacefully in this large house , and slept peacefully in their separate rooms , and met at weekends over the marmalade , and would continue to do so until Charles 's new appointment took him , in a couple of months , to New York . |
| 30 | Once home , float their bag(s) in the tank , and after twenty minutes or so add a little tank water , repeating the process over the next hour or so until the fish have adjusted ( if necessary ) to your tank water . |