Example sentences of "until a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | More commonly , the parties ( or the court ) may consider that the matrimonial home should stand in the sole name of the wife but that the husband should be compensated by the payment of cash , or ( if cash is not available ) that the husband should have a charge on the property for a fixed amount ( as opposed to an interest in the equityas to which see Chapter 6 ) , the calling in of the charge being deferred until a specific time or happening of a specified event ( eg death of wife , remarriage of wife or youngest child attaining the age of eighteen years ) . |
| 32 | A distinction is sought to be drawn between the staff included in clause 1 of section 34 ( being those also falling within section 35 and who are appointed until a fixed age ) and staff not so appointed to whom section 34(3) applies and who may be dismissed on the notice period specified in their letter of appointment . |
| 33 | The conservatives of the New Democracy Party promised to tackle the problem when they came back to office in 1990 , but little progress was made until a tough new economics minister , Stephanos Manos , was appointed last year . |
| 34 | Describing NAB 's decision as ‘ outrageous ’ , Bond Corporation is today applying for a restraining order to prevent the receivers taking any action until a full court hearing on Tuesday . |
| 35 | Mr. Levy , for J. 's parents , sought to persuade us that the particular order here could be justified because it was only an interim order , designed to ‘ hold ’ the situation for a short period until a full hearing . |
| 36 | My noble and learned Friend and my right hon. Friend made it clear that the green form scheme would not be withdrawn until a full , free , prompt , and convenient form of professional advice was available to every asylum seeker . |
| 37 | The story may be embroidered but Ince Castle , for many years the home of the Killigrew family , stood ( until a disastrous fire in 1988 ) isolated on its peninsular , its oblong castellated building with its four identical towers , one on each corner , perhaps bearing silent witness to a story that is stranger than fiction . |
| 38 | The bases will not be closed until a sufficient number go in and dismantle them , and uranium will be exported till the opposition is strong enough to physically prevent it . |
| 39 | Until a few years ago most wood dyes tended to fade in strong sunlight , but now many of them contain transparent iron oxides , which do not fade and can be used on interior and exterior woodwork . |
| 40 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 41 | She has been a member of the party since 1911 , and for 50 years , until a few weeks ago , collected subscriptions . |
| 42 | The German had intended to ride his Olympic gold medal partner , Walzerkoenig , on Saturday night until a few hours earlier when it was discovered that the horse 's off-foreleg was inexplicably swollen . |
| 43 | Moreover , they interpret a piece of music and make it their own , even if they have never encountered the given orchestra until a few hours before . |
| 44 | He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London . |
| 45 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 46 | Until a few weeks ago you were jumping with passion . |
| 47 | The chances of the man who was seen as a contender for the presidency until a few days ago , the former leader , Mr Alexander Dubcek , winning the post are now seen as receding . |
| 48 | Cider and culinary apple orchards have gone the same way , all helped along until a few years ago by government grants to grub up the old trees and replace them with easy to spray , prune and pick bush types . |
| 49 | I thought ‘ Good God — it 's the end of the group ’ — which it was n't until a few months later . |
| 50 | It was not until a few years later that I think his talent really started to manifest itself because you could n't quite think where it was going . |
| 51 | It was not until a few weeks after her father had been installed that Dorothy began to realize the fortitude with which her mother had cared for him over the years . |
| 52 | The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago . |
| 53 | Mrs Caroline Ford , who has lived in Colston Avenue , Carshalton , one street away from the main line for 15 years , said : ‘ Until a few weeks ago we were shielded from the line by a long row of beautiful trees . |
| 54 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 55 | Until a few years ago this was deadly serious stuff : ‘ The Americans would ram us if we came close — they knew it took us longer to get repaired . ’ |
| 56 | The first pilots to send Luftwaffe bombers spiralling down to crash into the sea were boys , auxiliary pilots who until a few months before had been flying antiquated Gloster Gladiators . |
| 57 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 58 | The engine gave every satisfaction until a few days ago , when with an enormous bang , the crankshaft broke . |
| 59 | Until a few years ago , the existence of sexual harassment as a genuine problem in many businesses was scarcely acknowledged . |
| 60 | Until a few years ago , it seemed clear that there was redundancy where an employer no longer required the same number of employees . |