Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [verb] until " in BNC.

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1 The draft for this is almost complete but it ca n't be finalised until the costs of the revised programme have been agreed for each of the participating nations .
2 Helen is looking forward to the day when Jenny can also be treated but this ca n't be done until she stops growing .
3 2 of those due to go ca n't be told until they return to school next week .
4 Conversely a limp hand in the wash basin and the inevitable question : ‘ Have you had your holidays yet ? ’ will guarantee you a despair which ca n't be dispelled until your head is safely home and inside a bucket of water .
5 It may , of course , be reintroduced into the House of Lord ; and passed again in a later session , but it can not be enacted until the House of Commons passes it .
6 Finally , a word 's syntactic and semantic properties can not be accessed until all ( or most ) of its acoustic material has been processed .
7 The problem is that the second question can not be answered until Washington comes up with a consensus on the first .
8 The major question , which can not be answered until treatment has been attempted , is whether success would only result in preserving what function remains or whether the epithelial cells could reconstitute and resore function to damaged areas of the lung and gut .
9 The practicalities of service of the Summons , entering appearance , lodging Defences and so forth , are usually such that consideration of tactics can not be undertaken until the Adjustment Period is fixed .
10 This DC can not be activated until the other package has been approved or the other DC has been aborted .
11 A petition for divorce can not be presented until one year has elapsed since the marriage was formalised , whatever the circumstances may be .
12 Paying all pre-payments into a trust account from which they can not be withdrawn until the package has been provided .
13 Although bonuses on a life policy can not be realised until the termination of the policy , life companies will normally lend money to clients against the security of those bonuses , quickly and at very competitive rates of interest .
14 Moreover , in most cases , the right to re-enter can not be exercised until the tenant has been given an opportunity of making good the breach of covenant .
15 And then the real work begins , to work it up to a higher and higher level , and this surely can not be done until you have fifteen or twenty years working with the one orchestra .
16 While the sequence of excavation can not be decided until the nature of the site becomes apparent , the methods of recording the information are determined in advance .
17 Which one it puts forward can not be decided until Government gives further clues about what it would like : ‘ Once this has happened , the board will move rapidly to implement its preferred option , recognising as we do that the timetable set for us by Government is relatively tight . ’
18 Commission officials say that implementation of the banking directive can not be delayed until the others too are ready to go into effect .
19 But yesterday a statement issued by Mr Sadler revealed the council 's continued hard line over Sunday opening — which can not be altered until councillors discuss the matter on June 16 .
20 By what route the technique got into West Africa — or even whether it was independently devised there — can not be ascertained until we have discovered more sites of the first millennium AD , and earlier in West Africa .
21 A petition can not be heard until at least fourteen days have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement ( r 6.18(1) ) unless it appears that the debtor has absconded or the court thinks it a proper case for an expedited hearing , or the debtor consents ( r 6.18(2) ) .
22 It is likely that the next session will be decisive and that a curator will then be elected on a temporary basis : the appointment to direct the Visual Arts sector for the 1992 and 1995 Biennales can not be confirmed until the Executive Committee , whose mandate has now expired , has itself been completely renewed .
23 Students can not be registered until fees are received in full and fees must have been paid before tutors begin teaching .
24 And the matter certainly can not be resolved until much work has been done , especially on individual firms and industries .
25 A council spokeswoman said : ‘ There is an ongoing investigation which can not be resolved until the mother returns and can be interviewed by both social services and the police . ’
26 A council spokeswoman said : ‘ There is an ongoing investigation which can not be resolved until the mother returns and can be interviewed by both social services and the police . ’
27 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 .
28 However , the monopoly granted extends back to the priority date , which is the time from which damages can be assessed should the patent be infringed , although legal proceedings can not be commenced until the patent has been granted .
29 But final family size can not be known until women are in their late 30s or well into their second decade of marriage .
30 Accordingly , his cause of action for an infringement before the date of sealing accrues at the date of the infringement but can not be enforced until the procedural requirement of sealing is met .
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