Example sentences of "not until the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the nineteenth century and the work of Pierre Janet that anyone even began to consider the subject of regression . |
| 2 | Their exclusion from the normal commerce of local society was perpetuated long beyond the time when leprosy had been controlled ; indeed , it was not until the nineteenth century that some Cagots finally became authentic citizens . |
| 3 | It was not until the famous Hertfordshire Blizzard of 1915 , when Shaw went out and worked with the menfolk sawing up trees that lay blocking the roads , and the Zeppelin Raid the following year ( which he incorporated into his play Heartbreak House ) , when he offered his cellar as a shelter , that the villagers grew friendly with him . |
| 4 | Then came the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars , and it was not until the famous wine classification of 1855 that the wines of Bordeaux were established as the some of the greatest of all wines in the world many believe the greatest . |
| 5 | It was not until the 17th century that Swanage became a port for tone . |
| 6 | Not until the second half of the sixteenth century , when there was a desire to combat Spanish power and to tap the resources of the Indies , did an English enterprise to North America again become attractive . |
| 7 | Er , at the time , we had no response when this was announced by Jim erm , it does in fact clash with our council meeting but in view of the fact that erm our business meeting Se , in December is not until the second Monday , I would be happy to put the erm council meeting back to the following Monday if there was sufficient interest from the members . |
| 8 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 9 | It was not until the twentieth century that visual artists started to look into the landscape of the Highlands and Islands and try to say something about the lives of the people that lived through those times . |
| 10 | But it was not until the twentieth century that these policies proved effective . |
| 11 | Much of this engineering work was wasted at the time , for it was done on the eve of the railway age and never put to good use — not until the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Not until the twentieth century did the increase in population force an uneconomic division of farms and seriously threaten Basque rural prosperity . |
| 13 | The Labour government took powers to introduce charges for dentures , spectacles and appliances , but it was not until the financial crisis of 1951 that the government finally brought itself to introduce charges for these items , in the wake of the economic crisis brought about by rearmament and the Korean war . |
| 14 | It took hours and it was not until the late afternoon that he began the final copy . |
| 15 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 16 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 17 | Not until the 4th Century AD was the concept of rest-day transferred by the church from the Jewish seventh day ( Sabbath ) to the Christian first day . |
| 18 | Whereas in Britain ( and Sweden ) , the state controlled the Church , feudalism had ended well before it generally disappeared elsewhere in Europe , and manhood suffrage had been extended to large sections of the population — unlike most continental countries where it was attained only at a later date , sometimes not until the early part of the present century . |
| 19 | It was not until the early years of the twentieth century that they had devised a formula for their boot polish which was marketed later under the name of ‘ Cherry Blossom Boot Polish ’ which became such a success , being sold at one penny per tin . |
| 20 | Not until the final year of Eisenhower 's presidency was there a further attempt at summit diplomacy . |
| 21 | East resigned , Rowlands returned , but not until the junior vice-president , Rhys Williams , had tendered his resignation . |
| 22 | However , it is not until the Bolshevik Party , the first communist party to seize state power , ushers in the birth of the Soviet Union that we can realistically speak of a communist bloc . |
| 23 | Although the Caucasus was then part of Russia , it was not until the mid-20th century that its borders were defined and political stability was achieved . |
| 24 | She 'd pictured giving herself to a man , but not until the right time and the right one came along . |
| 25 | The Bill was given a Third Reading on 20th July and became law on 14th August , 1855 , with the short title , The Downing Street Public Offices Extension Act 1855 , but it was not until the following March that the Office of Works circulated the necessary notices to the tenants of property to be acquired . |
| 26 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |
| 27 | Not until the following year , when Majorca was forced to submit , did armed resistance to him in Spain come to an end . |
| 28 | But not until the following May , when the whole Council had united to demand intervention , did she give in . |
| 29 | It was not until the following summer that Cadwallon surprised Osric 's forces and slew the Deiran leader , thereafter ravaging widely across Anglian territory and slaying Eanfrith when he came to sue for peace ( HE 111 , 1 ) . |
| 30 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |