Example sentences of "until [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Married Women 's Property Acts of the 1870s and 1880s permitted women to control their own property , although married women were not given the same capacity as single women to acquire , hold and dispose of property until 1935 . |
| 32 | Consequently , until 1935 the labour movement is of more interest when studied in its extra-parliamentary role , which centred largely around the issue of unemployment . |
| 33 | The Communist Party of Great Britain , which was thus excluded from the Labour Party on its foundation was by far the most important Left minority in existence in the 1930s although it had to compete with the ILP for that position at least until 1935 . |
| 34 | Until 1935 the Labour Party was led in parliament by an avowed Christian pacifist , George Lansbury . |
| 35 | From then until 1980 he commuted between the two , never disappointing his admirers , from Cardinal Bellarmin in Galileo ( 1980 ) to Perchikhin in The Philistines ( 1986 ) . |
| 36 | The fighting did not end until 1980 . |
| 37 | In an attempt to get away from Lord Rothschild 's stereotype , he trawled the country for new names , although it was not until 1980 that people were able to write in to nominate themselves . |
| 38 | First , the period until 1830 was the time of the early travellers ; second , from 1830 until 1930 was the period of early botanists and naturalists ; third , 1930 until 1980 was the period of the first ecological studies and also of Professor J. W. Heslop Harrison and Miss M. S. Campbell ; and finally the 1980s , the period of the Integrated Development Programme ( 1982–1987 ) , which gave rise to more intensive research . |
| 39 | Until 1980 the power to ban was employed sparingly . |
| 40 | Until 1980 local economic strategies took their place among the many uncontested , bipartisan policies of local government , although with the recession and the ‘ de-industrialization ’ of Britain this was an expanding activity for an increasing number of local authorities . |
| 41 | These criticisms continued to be levelled at the many standard forms produced in 1963 , but it was not until 1980 that a number of new forms appeared , the lengthy gestation period reflecting the difficulties in satisfying the disparate interests of the constituent members of the Joint Contracts Tribunal . |
| 42 | Until 1980 , this was the British Country Club ; then it was taken over by the Regional Government and reverted to its original name , being opened as a Public park . |
| 43 | Stockbrokers Beeson Gregory believe the USM performed a valuable service by breaking down the barrier that , until 1980 , meant that only sizeable businesses were considered fit for public company status . |
| 44 | Perhaps unacceptable in their time , Penn 's 1949 series of nudes were not publicly shown until 1980 . |
| 45 | The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was also limited in its geographical scope , for it was not until 1980 , and the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill of that year , that the law was altered in Scotland in this regard . |
| 46 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |
| 47 | Until 1980 the vote always went against television , although the margin was narrow . |
| 48 | This new organization was the forerunner of the National Assistance Board set up in 1948 , and therefore of the Supplementary Benefits Commission that operated until 1980 . |
| 49 | Perhaps unacceptable in their time , Penn 's 1949 series of nudes were not publicly shown until 1980 . |
| 50 | ‘ I lived my life in Siglo XX as described in the book until 1980 , when I was invited to a conference on women in Denmark . |
| 51 | Acia is a little man with merry eyes who taught in different parts of Ethiopia until 1980 . |
| 52 | In Greece , where contraception was not legalised until 1980 , women bore an average of only 2.3 children in 1978 . |
| 53 | Karamanlis , 83 , had presided over Greece 's return to democracy in 1974 , holding office as Prime Minister until 1980 and then serving a term as President from 1980 to 1985 . |
| 54 | He was overthrown by Col. Houari Boumedienne in a military coup of 1965 [ see pp. 20963-68 ] and kept under house arrest until 1980 , when all restrictions on him were lifted by President Chadli Bendjedid . |
| 55 | Demirel had been Prime Minister six times in the period until 1980 , and several of his administrations had been coalitions . |
| 56 | Not until 1980 was there a proposal to establish a permanent liaison committee between the two organizations . |
| 57 | Nylon carpet is basically oil based , which gave the Americans a significant advantage until 1980 because of the cheapness of their oil . |
| 58 | At last year 's Annual General Meeting ( ‘ AGM ’ ) , the directors were given authority under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 , until 15th July 1997 to allot shares up to a maximum of the authorised but unissued share capital of the company . |
| 59 | The streets and passageways are empty ; it is an hour until cock-crow , when the red murram mud dwellings begin to stir with life . |
| 60 | Best avoided until normal conditions . |