Example sentences of "[adv] until [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She explored the place where his manhood lay and he , in turn , used experienced fingers to set alight that part of her where carnal longings had been damped down until that moment . |
| 2 | Werder Bremen , the only German club left in European competition this season , beat Turkey 's Galatasaray 2–1 after being 1–0 down until 12 minutes from time . |
| 3 | The master ordered the limitation issue to be set down for trial within 28 days , but it was not set down until ten months later . |
| 4 | See they said they were n't going down until half past |
| 5 | From 1754 onwards marriages were entered on printed forms , otherwise no standard procedure was laid down until 1813 . |
| 6 | ‘ Because with HeadStart 531 , we pay less until 1993 — Guaranteed ’ |
| 7 | And from his Portakabin headquarters behind barbed wire round the back of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre complex , ‘ actually a great improvement on the one room we had inside until this month ! ’ , he 's been lining up a string of new sponsorship deals . |
| 8 | The party had been the largest in parliament for most years until 1966 , and had been in government ( usually with the Social Democrats ) almost constantly until 1987 . |
| 9 | But one o'clock until two o'clock feeds . |
| 10 | Mrs Telscombe has kindly said that I may be free from two o'clock until six . |
| 11 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 12 | The Ummayads , a dynasty based in Damascus , seized Egypt in 658 , but held it only until 750 . |
| 13 | His predecessor remained a formidable presence in government ( in the role of " Senior Minister " ) , and many believed that Goh 's tenure in office would continue only until such time as the former leader 's son , Brig. -Gen . |
| 14 | Taken together , the words I hope conceal more than they reveal , and will serve only until such time as the precise formulation of your terms of reference enables you to select more apposite nomenclature . |
| 15 | Randall Yarwood was eventually confirmed in the office by the Company on probation on 8th August 1645 , but lasted only until Good Friday of the following year . |
| 16 | He attacked the eastern Angles between 649/50 and 652 and expelled King Anna whose unexpected return temporarily checked the Mercian advance , though only until 654 or 655 when Penda invaded East Anglian territory again and this time slew him ( HE 111 , 18 ) . |
| 17 | The nuclear levy is set to decline over the 1990s , and at present runs only until 1998 . |
| 18 | The first republican regime under Brigadier Qasem lasted only until 1963 , when a joint coup by pan-Arab nationalists and members of the Arab Socialist Baath Party brought chat combination to power . |
| 19 | Costs would be limited by keeping the offer open only until 1995 and by using a means test . |
| 20 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
| 21 | This however lasted only until 1720 . |
| 22 | But the laws of physics are valid only until further notice " , i.e. until instances are found that falsify them , and this conceivably might be such an instance . |
| 23 | Also at Lelong , but only until 31 January , are the preparatory designs for Jan Dibbets 's stained glass windows at Blois cathedral . |
| 24 | In spite of this , there is plenty of scope for what is sought to be greatly reduced ; it is also possible for the permission to be limited in time , in other words for the development , building and/or use to be permitted only until some date in the future . |
| 25 | Controls over investment goods and capital issues held the ring but only until 1947 ; at that point interest rates had to be allowed to rise [ Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 26 | Gamsakhurdia 's term was to last only until direct presidential elections which the Supreme Soviet scheduled for May 26 , but he was widely expected to be returned to office . |
| 27 | Having been sacked from Ulm in 1934 for excess of talent , he survived in Aachen only until 1942 . |
| 28 | Some were salted and stored in brine in stoneware jars , some were laid between rushes and turned daily until ripe for eating . |
| 29 | The number of G cells then increased appreciably until 24 weeks of gestation ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 30 | To do this the study will analyse data from a project undertaken by the Policy Planning Research Unit of the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland which has followed a random sample of some 3,000 young people eligible to leave school in Northern ireland in 1984 and who have been re- interviewed annually until 1987 . |