Example sentences of "until now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now I could always say : this is trivial , not important , but tomorrow I m starting the big one . |
| 2 | There were tears on the unremarkable face of Mrs Phipps , but she had made no sound , from the minute of entering the tent until now . |
| 3 | Until now the only sure solution has been to grow peaches under glass , but help may be at hand . |
| 4 | Until now , we have had to rely on casual contacts with groups , annual reports and occasional documents , in order to tell us what Age Concern groups are doing . |
| 5 | Until now , there has been a choice between high speed ( 22GHz ) together with high dissipation ( >0.5W per flip-flop ) or medium speed ( 9–12GHz ) with medium dissipation ( <180mW ) . |
| 6 | The marketing drive is their latest attempt to commercialise space and earn hard currency , Until now any deals have been largely through the Soviet Space Agency , Glvacosmos . |
| 7 | However that does not square somehow with the suggestion that Deloitte is poised to announce a link-up with Coopers & Lybrand which until now has been a wallflower at this rather bizarre accountancy barn dance . |
| 8 | The hatcheries have until now been the missing link . |
| 9 | Until now , much of the thrust of the national curriculum has gone into preparing teachers . |
| 10 | We are surprised FIFA have waited until now to make their high-risk ruling , particularly as Northern Ireland can not now qualify for the World Cup finals . ’ |
| 11 | We have decided on the cuts as a result of strong competition from Mercury , whose prices until now have been around 20 per cent lower than ours . ’ |
| 12 | General Noriega detained two of the five colonels on his General Staff , both until now thought to have been loyal senior officers . |
| 13 | He said he did not ‘ idealise ’ the European order , ‘ but until now , it is precisely the recognition of post-war realities that ensures peace in Europe . |
| 14 | Until now , under this Government , everything has been left to the hazards of private development and the initiative of county councils . |
| 15 | Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government . |
| 16 | Until now , each parallel computer has been so different that users had to re-write applications every time they changed machines . |
| 17 | Until now reconnaisance pilots , because their hands and eyes are fully occupied , have had to remember what they see and compile reports later . |
| 18 | Next week sees the release of Melancholia , a directorial debut by Andi Engel , who has until now been best known for his work as a film distributor . |
| 19 | We shall see what will happen later … until now nobody has tried such a method . ’ |
| 20 | Until now Mr Honecker has rejected any idea of change , but Kurt Hager , 77 , East Germany 's oldest and most authoritative Communist ideologue , said yesterday that the party 's immediate task was to work out ‘ a precise idea as to how to bring about a necessary renewal ’ . |
| 21 | Not until now have we realized how much we had missed birds . |
| 22 | There are those who would tell you that BMW 's reputation for first-class finish has been on thin ice for some time but , until now , we 've seen little evidence to substantiate the claim . |
| 23 | Until now , there was little we could do about this , but complaints have been taken seriously and discussions are now under way between OFTEL , the Office of Telecommunications , and the British Direct Marketing Association ( BDMA , representing companies who use telesales ) . |
| 24 | He was a lorry driver like Charlie , his name was Maurice Cullam and until now he had scarcely opened his mouth except to pour alcohol down it . |
| 25 | Much the same point was made by the Kine Weekly reviewer , who commented that the film 's dialogue coupled ‘ wit and wholesome vulgarity with a sureness of touch that , until now , has been the irresistible prerogative of the Americans . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 've always been too scared to have anything drastic done to our hair — until now , ’ said Ruth . |
| 27 | The Bundesbank has been seen until now as Europe 's guardian against rapid price increases . |
| 28 | Until now , this paradox was merely an awkward problem for the lawyers . |
| 29 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 30 | Until now , foreign aid agencies have chosen to ignore the opium growing around them , or chosen to operate in areas where it is not cultivated . |