Example sentences of "[be] [verb] until [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular consciousness of PR had been limited until the last week of the campaign , underlining the argument that , while constitutional reform is popular among the chattering classes , it is not popular among the mass of voters . |
| 2 | The distinguished archaeologist Professor Lord Renfrew , member of English Heritage 's own Ancient Monuments Advisory committee , revealed that its opinion had not been sought until the third week of November when it finally was called for a formal meeting with Jocelyn Stevens . |
| 3 | there 's hundreds of French , Germans they 're waiting until the first of July and they 'll be in this country in a flash . |
| 4 | January 's figures reflected the fact that the month had fewer business days , so some bankruptcies might have been postponed until the next month , the analysts said . |
| 5 | The Book of Cupid , his one surviving work , is a piece of sufficient merit to have been thought until the nineteenth century to have been written by his friend Geoffrey Chaucer [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | Postmasters could , and did , ensure that priority was given to the letter advising of these developments which was intended for their own particular political friend in London , and that his enemies ' letters would be delayed until the next post . |
| 7 | The clear message from the budget was that the next general election should be delayed until the last minute , in June 1992 . |
| 8 | These were exemplified in the Government 's Broadcasting Bill which became law last October , but in reality can not be resolved until the next century . |
| 9 | Many MPs suspect no announcement on the decision will be made until the last day before the summer recess to avoid a Parliamentary row . |
| 10 | ‘ It appears nothing can be done until the next round of bids which are not out until later this year after the general election . |
| 11 | This will avoid any delay in making payment to you , otherwise this might be missed until the next reconciliation of the travel accounts . |
| 12 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 13 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 14 | Again , as discussed in the Introduction , medieval towns continued to be founded until the fifteenth century . |
| 15 | The entrance to the School from Buxton Road had to be closed until the 19th while an unexploded bomb in Corbar Road was dealt with . |
| 16 | Cardinal Tisserant suddenly announced that further voting on religious liberty would be postponed until the next session , claiming the document now before the Council was so different from what had gone before it needed to be debated all over again . |
| 17 | ‘ Cathay Pacific waited until all the other airlines ’ flights had left before announcing their flight was to be postponed until the next day . |
| 18 | A poor rule will not be penalised until the Nth attempt at search , where N is the number of states in the entire search subspace accessible through this rule . |
| 19 | Judge John Pringle accepted the case be adjourned until the first day of term after Easter . |
| 20 | Plantagenet intervention against France in the Low Countries and the Empire was not to be revived until the last decade of the century . |
| 21 | Rangers ' selection for Brugge will , under the circumstances , be left until the last moment . |
| 22 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that six local people have had to go private to avoid waiting and 40 remain on the waiting list with no prospect of being considered until the next financial year ? |
| 23 | The Bootle Times wanted us to put them up again for a photograph , and they were left until the next day because it was raining . ’ |
| 24 | With doubled CO 2 ( Fig. 3 c ) denitrification again occurred but concentrations of N y lower than about 1p.p.b.v. were maintained until the last 10 days of the simulation when downward transport restored the higher values . |
| 25 | Indeed if the three years and a day expire on a Saturday or a Sunday or a bank holiday , when one can not issue a writ , the limitation period is extended until the next day on which one can ( Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [ 1973 ] QB 336 ) . |
| 26 | The rent has been paid until the twentieth of this month ; we shall leave them as they are until then . ’ |
| 27 | The Russians were pushed back northwards to the Stanovoi mountains , where the frontier fixed in 1689 by the Treaty of Nerchinsk was recognized until the nineteenth century . |
| 28 | Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century . |
| 29 | A " conversation " — again the minutes are terse — took place and the meeting was adjourned until the next Monday . |
| 30 | There being no progress to report , this matter was adjourned until the next Meeting . |