Example sentences of "until [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place freshly squeezed orange juice and rind , clear honey or syrup and alcohol in a large saucepan and heat gently until honey has dissolved . |
| 2 | I look at r.s.s. every Saturday from about noon local time ( 5.00 pm Leeds time ) in the hope of getting the results asap and I normally have to wait for ages until info arrives . |
| 3 | By analogy , if we wait until Parliament does the outrageous will the political climate be conducive to creating effective constitutional protections against the outrageous . |
| 4 | If Mr Street has succeeded , where owners have failed these past 70 years , in driving a coach and horses through the Rent Acts , he must be left to enjoy the benefit of his ingenuity unless and until Parliament intervenes . |
| 5 | ‘ We hope retailers will abide by this ruling and close on Sundays until Parliament decides what to do about the Shops Act , ’ said director Michael Schluter . |
| 6 | In Britain elections to the House of Commons , from which the government is formed , must be held at least every five years ( until Parliament says otherwise ) but may be held at any time during the five years , for example there were only eight months between elections in 1974 and the average length of a parliament is around four years . |
| 7 | Of course , it has always been axiomatic that no treaty amendments can ever be operative unless and until parliament has approved them . |
| 8 | ON COLD , damp spring days , the streets get so smoky in Centralia , Pennsylvania , that traffic is forced to a standstill until visibility improves . |
| 9 | He says that scientists have certain tests they need to carry out , they ca n't really be sure how she died until shis has been done . |
| 10 | There is no objection to retaining an upper limit on size , though in practice people desiring large houses would either purchase old ones or wait until building costs fall . |
| 11 | Aesthetic satisfaction arises out of the way in which this complexity ‘ comes to order ’ , with subtle but pervasive patterns gradually asserting their presence until unity prevails over variety . |
| 12 | Ubiquitous , hare-brained , tumbleweed skitters across the road , sticking underneath the car until friction dissolves it away to nothing . |
| 13 | However , the full implications of the Act in terms of capital expenditure , existing plant life and product costs will not be fully apparent until industry has a clearer idea about how the new law will be enforced . |
| 14 | This postponement of examination until completion has become normal practice and the use of epitomes of title when photocopies are supplied has reduced the procedure , in most cases , to a matter of minutes . |
| 15 | ( e ) Insurance A property is not now at the risk of a buyer until completion has taken place . |
| 16 | 9% of affected births are caused by malformations and syndromes which are again largely unidentifiable until screening occurs or the child is born . |
| 17 | We may not sleep through winter , but we huddle , and stiffen , and hoard the warmth of fires and hot food , until spring unbunches our shoulder muscles , and thaws our movements into fluency . |
| 18 | The dive-bombing skuas , the screaming terns , the lovely trilling whimbrel and dunlin and the wailing divers , all are silent and will be seen and heard no more until spring arrives to warm the earth and banish the snows of winter . |
| 19 | It would be more correct to say that something which was used as the target has changed , for the " target " is a subjective designation and does not change until management decides to change it . |
| 20 | And my lads are staying out until Management reinstates the innocent victim . ’ |
| 21 | As we 've made perfectly clear in the last discussion we 've just had , no final decisions on the implementation of any variations will be taken until Council meets on the twenty fifth of February . |
| 22 | What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs . |
| 23 | Dr Paul Maestrone , scientific and medical affairs director for the American Parkinson Disease Association , said he considered any findings ‘ very preliminary ’ until testing has been done in humans . |
| 24 | There can be no solutions until humanity has learned the meaning of words like co-operation , unselfishness , fraternity and trust . |
| 25 | It has taken me fifty lifts to reach Pinjarra ; a name on the map you do not notice until fate holds you there . |
| 26 | Those which are non-rivalrous in consumption — at least until congestion occurs — and excludable , such as road tunnels , motorways or parks , are called toll goods in Table 1 , since it is feasible to charge for them . |
| 27 | Until peace comes to the Gulf , it will remain a society struggling to survive . |
| 28 | This is all very well until equipment fails or filters become blocked . |
| 29 | Wait on the embankment or nearby land until help arrives . |
| 30 | All we 've been asked to do is secure this ship until help arrives ; which should n't be longer than this time tomorrow . |