Example sentences of "until two years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until two years ago he was , despite his flirtations with the Soviet Union , seen as an ally in President Reagan 's obsessional war against the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua . |
| 2 | Not until two years had passed was the outcome of these disputes at all clear . |
| 3 | UNTIL two years ago Paul Grayson , Lancashire 's young fly-half with unlimited potential , had never even thought of appearing in a major representative match at Twickenham . |
| 4 | Her mind brought her abruptly back to the present when she thought , that was until two years ago when Jessie left the Dame School . |
| 5 | The College 's first Principal ( or Professor , as he and his more immediate successors were called ) published his first proposals for a veterinary school in England in 1788 , but it was not until two years later that he made contact with the Odiham Agricultural Society . |
| 6 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 7 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 8 | According to Institute statistics , it was almost unheard of for a member to go into an IVA until two years ago , but in 1991 23 IVAs were reported , last year the number soared to 56 , and by half way through January , the 1993 total was already into double figures . |
| 9 | David , of Brooks Hall Road , Ipswich , did some modelling work until two years ago when cancer was diagnosed . |
| 10 | After all , this World Cup did not get on the road until two years before the event . |
| 11 | In 1991 the local council issued a German-language brochure on the history of the once splendid castle of the Thun-Hohenstein family up on the cliffs above the Elbe , which until two years ago housed a Soviet barracks and now is a semi-ruin with wrecked interiors . |
| 12 | The panoramic grandeur of the place seemed a world away from New York , which had been his home until two years before . |
| 13 | It was not until two years later , however , that Clark accepted Chapman 's offer to join the team . |
| 14 | Active inquiries were suspended and the file crept farther and farther down the heap until two years after Inez Glynn 's disappearance , it had drifted down to archives . |
| 15 | A 51 year old white man with a 28 year history of ulcerative colitis and ankylosing spondylitis had been receiving longterm treatment with sulphasalazine , until two years previously . |
| 16 | The French government began from 1851 regularly to appoint a military attaché to its Berlin legation , while the first British ones were sent to Paris , Turin and Constantinople in 1855 ( though they were not officially described as military attachés until two years later ) . |
| 17 | Foreign companies were barred from logging in Russia until two years ago . |
| 18 | I have over the years sent my postal order regularly and it was n't until two years ago that I became more actively involved in the work of Save The Children fund raising . |
| 19 | Now we did n't have a voice , remember we were never even informed before or until two years later after the event that it had happened . |
| 20 | The former knew he wanted to be a comedian from an early age while the latter juggled his showbiz work with a full-time career as a marketing manager for Unilever products such as deodorants and shampoos until two years ago . |
| 21 | It is now clear that direct through trains from the North-East to the continent will not run until two years after the Channel Tunnel opens in 1993 . |