Example sentences of "[noun sg] until [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flynn delays naming his side until shortly before the start but I believe young Kevin Jones will be asked to make way for one of the two vastly experienced defenders . |
| 2 | On May 11 the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) , the largest party at national level , won a seat in the Sabah State Assembly for the first time , defeating the candidate of the ruling United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) which had been part of the UMNO-led National Front central government coalition until just before the October 1990 general election [ see pp. 37780-81 ] . |
| 3 | No initiatives will be taken by the Irish FA international committee until early in the New Year after they have discussed all aspects of the post including the financial situation . |
| 4 | A man short , the Fourth Division side held their more illustrious opponents at bay with no great difficulty until midway through the first half , and the crowds had fallen into an apprehensive silence when Drinkell revived their spirits . |
| 5 | In his will Barclay also remembered numerous nephews and cousins , some of whose descendants were active in his bank and brewery until well into the twentieth century . |
| 6 | But there were warnings that nobody should make any firm investment decision until just before the actual float as any fall in the market could wipe out chances of an opening premium . |
| 7 | ‘ The gun stayed in the pocket of your jacket in the Green Room until well into the second act . |
| 8 | Their thirteen examples are still flying safely and reliably and at an operating profit , and unless and until a new design is embarked upon ( undoubtedly requiring massive joint international investment ) then Concorde will almost certainly be the only way civilian passengers can travel at twice the speed of sound until well into the next century . |
| 9 | The UK 's growing stockpile of plutonium is being stored in preparation for the development of a commercial fast breeder which is unlikely to take place until well into the next century , if at all . |
| 10 | In eastern Europe organised ostentation of this kind remained important on occasion until late in the eighteenth century , well after it had ceased to have much significance in the west . |
| 11 | The Old English Pearmain , recorded in 1204 and so named because of its pear-like shape , was the main dessert apple until well into the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | Balance Health & Beauty Salon is open seven days a week until late in the evenings and the emphasis there is on rebalancing mind , body and spirit . |
| 13 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 14 | The Structure Plan Review ( to 2005 ) , under preparation , will not achieve significant levels of materiality until well after the initial Consultative Draft stage , indeed , until Lothian Regional Council has publicly determined its support for the premises , assumptions , forecasts , policies and proposals developed through the public participation process and subsequently supported by the Director of Planning . |
| 15 | Traprain Law was a tribal centre until well into the Roman age , and has yielded up over a hundred pieces of fine Roman silverware . |
| 16 | She was used as a model until far into the nineteenth century and was still carrying an admiral 's flag in 1848 . |
| 17 | Every night throughout the Festival there 's food , drink and good company until late at the Festival Club in the Old Ship Hotel . |
| 18 | One of our more perceptive archaeological historians , Malcolm Todd , could write in 1981 in his survey of Roman Britain 55 BC — AD 400 : ‘ Archaeologists are now much more confident of their ability to demonstrate urban occupation until well into the fifth century in many of the cities and towns of Britain than they were twenty years ago ’ , but hastily adds ‘ though this confidence is not shared by all historians of the period . ’ |
| 19 | Although both these samples suggest that there was a decline until well into the fifteenth century , followed by a recovery , there are two further points which need to be taken into consideration . |
| 20 | To go to the Mediterranean in summer , except in search of art and architecture , was still regarded as madness until well into the twentieth century , that era of the novel worship of sun and brown skins . |