Example sentences of "but not until " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | East resigned , Rowlands returned , but not until the junior vice-president , Rhys Williams , had tendered his resignation . |
| 2 | A favourable review did appear , but not until a year later . |
| 3 | INTERNATIONAL Salomon Brothers report predicts recovery for European hotels , but not until the end of 1991 |
| 4 | Scotland had of course been embroiled in the long-standing hostility between England and France before ; but not until the 1540s and 1550s did these powers actually try to determine the government and internal affairs of the country . |
| 5 | Fish , but not until 10 months . |
| 6 | Eventually some instructional material did arrive , but not until October , by which time the whole detachment had qualified . |
| 7 | This was established by Act of Parliament as the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England — known as English Heritage — but not until nine years later . |
| 8 | If you are a widow and stop receiving benefit because your children have grown up , you must also start paying the full rate , but not until the beginning of the next tax year . |
| 9 | She 'd pictured giving herself to a man , but not until the right time and the right one came along . |
| 10 | His first tournament will be the Tenerife Open , but not until mid-February . |
| 11 | If you have enough living movement in your writing , if your nouns support each sentence and your verbs fly like flung ropes , or like shaking cobwebs , between them , then you are in a position to decorate it with adjectives and adverbs — but not until . |
| 12 | At last , but not until May 1941 , did the much-feared message which we had prayed never to receive , arrive . |
| 13 | Like bringing in much needed humour ( Gordon Houghton ) , setting the mag back on track ( Stuart , after Gordon and Co left abruptly ) but not until now have I felt compelled to write to you . |
| 14 | Trading and personal contacts with the PRC gradually increased over these years , but not until 1972 did a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei herald Japanese recognition of the PRC . |
| 15 | But not until the following May , when the whole Council had united to demand intervention , did she give in . |
| 16 | Sentence ( 10 ) tells us of a " weakness " of the " heart " , but not until ( 11 ) , where this matter is taken up again in the expression " the poor child was not robust " , do we learn that it provided a reason for the present interview : it was for this reason ( we surmise ) that the Moreens wished to engage a resident tutor . |
| 17 | When your story has been proved , I will set you free , and I will pay you as I have undertaken — but not until then . ’ |
| 18 | It was alright when she 'd done the round they could , they could er bring them out again then , but not until then . |
| 19 | If they were still with him at the end of tomorrow , he could complain , but not until then . |
| 20 | As I made clear in July and as the Lord Chancellor made clear , the provision of green form legal aid will be withdrawn when other services are available , but not until then . |
| 21 | One key ANC demand was met in part when the state of emergency was lifted in three of South Africa 's four provinces in June , but not until Oct. 18 in Natal , the scene of bitter violence between supporters of the ANC and of the Zulu-based Inkatha movement [ see pp. 37522 ; 37764 ] . |
| 22 | The second aspect of the school meals changes are with that alternative meal saving and would best be introduced erm if members were to decide that this is the way we wanted to go from April ninety five rather than in Sept September ninety four as suggested and attached to the report and that delays the savings , but achieves the same saving but not until nineteen ninety six seven and you will see that the figures have been amended and to take that into account and that 's on line fifty four B appendix ten . |
| 23 | But not until the 1970s did planners recognise precious qualities in the mature suburb , the best of which are now conservation areas . |
| 24 | Polish international Janusz Gora is wanted by West Bromwich Albion but not until the end of the season . |