Example sentences of "be [verb] until [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Postmasters could , and did , ensure that priority was given to the letter advising of these developments which was intended for their own particular political friend in London , and that his enemies ' letters would be delayed until the next post .
2 The clear message from the budget was that the next general election should be delayed until the last minute , in June 1992 .
3 These were exemplified in the Government 's Broadcasting Bill which became law last October , but in reality can not be resolved until the next century .
4 Many MPs suspect no announcement on the decision will be made until the last day before the summer recess to avoid a Parliamentary row .
5 ‘ It appears nothing can be done until the next round of bids which are not out until later this year after the general election .
6 This will avoid any delay in making payment to you , otherwise this might be missed until the next reconciliation of the travel accounts .
7 IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% .
8 IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% .
9 Again , as discussed in the Introduction , medieval towns continued to be founded until the fifteenth century .
10 The entrance to the School from Buxton Road had to be closed until the 19th while an unexploded bomb in Corbar Road was dealt with .
11 Cardinal Tisserant suddenly announced that further voting on religious liberty would be postponed until the next session , claiming the document now before the Council was so different from what had gone before it needed to be debated all over again .
12 ‘ Cathay Pacific waited until all the other airlines ’ flights had left before announcing their flight was to be postponed until the next day .
13 A poor rule will not be penalised until the Nth attempt at search , where N is the number of states in the entire search subspace accessible through this rule .
14 Judge John Pringle accepted the case be adjourned until the first day of term after Easter .
15 Plantagenet intervention against France in the Low Countries and the Empire was not to be revived until the last decade of the century .
16 Rangers ' selection for Brugge will , under the circumstances , be left until the last moment .
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