Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] until [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Herdwick sheep , who withstand wind and weather on the fells with their ‘ heafing ’ property of returning to base , were not so named until the 18th Century , the name ‘ Herdwyke ’ previously referring to the abbey sheep farms . |
| 2 | It did not exist until the mid-eighteenth century , when Joseph Black first prepared carbon dioxide . |
| 3 | Thus , if Brazil was already the major producer of coffee , the state of São Paulo , which is predominantly identified with this crop in our century , as yet harvested only about a quarter of the production of Rio and at most a fifth of the entire country ; about half the production of Indonesia and only about twice as much as Ceylon , where the development of tea-culture was still so negligible that exports were not separately registered until the second half of the 1870s , and then in tiny quantities . |
| 4 | On such a calendar , the Gunflint fossils of algae-like organisms , which seemed so extremely ancient when they were first discovered , are seen to be quite latecomers in the history of life , not appearing until the second week of August . |
| 5 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 6 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 7 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 8 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 9 | Consequently the vast majority of contests were not decided until the second round on March 18 . |
| 10 | Furthermore , Macbeth did not murder Duncan in his palace of Cawdor in Nairn , since the castle there was not built until the fourteenth century ; and Duncan was not the pitiable old greybeard portrayed in the play but a ruthless and ambitious man regarded by many as a usurper . |
| 11 | The distinction between ordinary and honours students is normally not made until the third year . |
| 12 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 13 | However , the composition of this piece shows it came from Lake Baikal in Siberia , a source not exploited until the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | In the south of the county , it was only beginning on some manors in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth , while on others it did not occur until the sixteenth and seventeenth . |
| 15 | There is no question that the electricity was used during the financial year and yet the cost of the electricity is not shown until the next financial year . |
| 16 | One , Catherine Barton , absconded after supper by climbing over the wall and did not return until the next morning after 7 o'clock . |
| 17 | The emergency staff had realised at 5 a.m. on Thursday 7 July that dialysis patients were at special risk from the aluminium , but the house of Robert Hill , a local man with kidney failure and a dialysis machine , was not contacted until the next day . |
| 18 | These develop into tiny animals so unlike their parents that the connection between adults and offspring was not recognised until the last century . |
| 19 | The huge debts which Edward inherited from his father were not redeemed until the last four years of his reign when a lengthy if fragile truce with Scotland , together with reform and refinement of treasury administration , and ruthless exactions from the Contrariants and any other offenders , enabled Edward II to leave , as no subsequent medieval king was to do , a solvent crown to his successor . |
| 20 | ( After the fall of the Greek Empire , the knowledge of many arts , including the art of horsemanship , gradually disappeared and did not re-emerge until the sixteenth century . ) |
| 21 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 22 | The robe , too , is painted in Prussian blue , a pigment not introduced until the eighteenth century . |
| 23 | Now such respected independent institutions as the Fraser of Allander Institute are forecasting that recovery will not arrive until the second half of the year . |
| 24 | Business generally increased until the First World War when tonnages dropped away . |
| 25 | The urinary catheter was not removed until the fourth day when Mr Reynolds was able to walk to the toilet with the help of the nurse . |
| 26 | However , lapis from the region of Lake Baikal in Siberia does contain wollastonite , although this source was not worked until the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | Arsenal won their first five matches and did not lose until the tenth . |
| 28 | ‘ Fortunately , ’ managing director Hugh Collinson says , ‘ our season did not start until the third week in May , so we did not have any holidaymakers there when trouble flared up . ’ |
| 29 | The ‘ Golden Age ’ of English agriculture was over ; after the 1860s it entered a period of decline from which it was not to recover until the Second World War . |
| 30 | Oldham 's superiority was not confirmed until the 80th minute when Sharp completed his first treble since his summer move from Everton : Chamberlain blocked Ritchie 's effort , and the Scot pounced on the rebound . |