Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] until the [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corrective operation could not be undertaken until the child was three months old , and the doctor recommended that the child should be allowed to stay at the hospital until she was due for surgery , her condition producing difficulties in feeding . |
| 2 | The ‘ too fast ’ signal should not be given until the glider is well up into the climb and putting a load onto the cable . |
| 3 | It is also worth noting that efficiency should not be considered until the effectiveness is proven , the procedure could be doing the wrong thing in an extremely efficient manner . |
| 4 | Mandarins should not be added until the tank is well established . |
| 5 | They insisted their project had a backer but there were commercial reasons why the details could not be revealed until the deal was finalised . |
| 6 | It is not intended in the case of outboard motors that any deduction should be made until the engine is over 3 years old . |
| 7 | It is indeed desirable as a general rule that an arrest should not be made until the case is complete . |
| 8 | In this way the financial circumstances and family formation of those aged 16-20 in 1961 can be mapped until the cohort is aged 42-46 in 1987 . |
| 9 | Hall defended the action he had taken and proposed that ‘ during the recess , to look at the designs which had been approved by the judges , and endeavour to ascertain the expense of carrying them out ; but nothing further would be done until the House was informed on that point ’ . |
| 10 | Some doctors recommend that no foods should be reintroduced until the child is over a year old , to minimize the risk of future sensitivity . |
| 11 | Discussions with representative bodies resulted in some amendments to the proposals , notably the inclusion of a ‘ matching ’ provision to allow exchange differences on a borrowing , which ‘ match ’ those on a non-monetary asset , to be deferred until the asset is disposed of . |
| 12 | His opportunity to answer necessarily had to be deferred until the trial was over , and he has now had an opportunity to be heard . |
| 13 | Coun Hedley added : ‘ It is likely that any upturn is 18 to 24 months away and any decisions on the future of the estate should be deferred until the position is clearer . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The extent of this will not be known until the exercise is completed . |
| 15 | Where a capital sum is paid to the settlor in the year of assessment by a body corporate connected with the settlement in that year it shall be assumed until the contrary is shown that an associated payment of an amount not less than the amount of the capital sum has been made to that body corporate by the trustees of the settlement ( s678(7) ) . |
| 16 | The pressure group , Friends of the Earth , wants the safety part of the hearing to be adjourned until the inspectorate is prepared to issue a licence for the PWR . |
| 17 | If a football is kicked through a window then the football can be retained until the window is paid for . |
| 18 | This bad habit is not likely to be cured until the horse is ridden by someone with good hands who does not hurt the horse . |
| 19 | Planners , with the support of officers , have twice called for the link road to be shelved until the by-pass is built , enabling a proper assessment of its likely effects on traffic patterns . |
| 20 | Planners , with the support of officers , have twice called for the link road to be shelved until the by-pass is built , enabling a proper assessment of its likely effects on traffic patterns . |
| 21 | In juvenile courts offenders may not be identified ; the public and press may be excluded from Official Secrets Act trials where the evidence relates to national security secrets , and the testimony given at committal proceedings usually can not be published until the trial is over , to avoid prejudicing the jury . |
| 22 | Sony 's President , Karajan 's great friend Akio Morita , was aware that the compact disc could not be launched until the moment was ripe . |
| 23 | The group based its objection on the assurance that had been given to parliament that the hearing would not be held until the inspectorate was satisfied with the PWR 's safety . |