Example sentences of "[noun pl] until [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staying in the clouds , he radioed the position , course and speed , continuing to shadow the vessels until obliged to return , when Flg.Off . |
| 2 | The former knew he wanted to be a comedian from an early age while the latter juggled his showbiz work with a full-time career as a marketing manager for Unilever products such as deodorants and shampoos until two years ago . |
| 3 | If only they had possessed just a little more of that rare commodity , plus the assistance of a blind man with an abacus , it might not have taken both channels until 1.30 in the morning to start predicting an absolute majority for Mr Major . |
| 4 | The old red brick police station was the site of the village lock-up until 1849 , when it was enlarged and used for the monthly petty sessions until 1899 . |
| 5 | On graduating he joined the Geological Survey in 1875 , working in the Teesdale and Cheviot districts until 1884 , when he was posted to the Survey 's Edinburgh office . |
| 6 | He becomes caught up the in the magic of books until one day , when reading a poetry book at home , he suddenly no longer cares if people know his secret . |
| 7 | It was a highly unpopular Act ; nevertheless it remained on the statute books until 1815 . |
| 8 | Clearly , if a member of the band has maintained the books until this point , it would n't be practical for him or her to continue . |
| 9 | Valerie taught languages in schools until 1964 when she became a Lecturer in the Department of Education at Keele University . |
| 10 | As there was no national system of state secondary schools until 1902 there was a constant struggle between those who wanted to raise the level of theological education in the colleges and those who knew that many of the men coming into them had nothing but a primary school education . |
| 11 | Mrs Turner ) taught classics in independent schools until 1966 when she became Headmistress of Badminton prior to her marriage two years later and continued with some part-time teaching while living in Shropshire . |
| 12 | Games were not even made compulsory in state schools until 1944 despite the importance of athleticism in private education . |
| 13 | The Lycett & Conaty radial gear had not proved satisfactory and it seems that ‘ Warner ’ radial gear was obtained from M & G Truck & Engineering Co. to replace it by 1912 , but was not fitted to the cars until 1922 or 1923 . |
| 14 | It is now probable that despite conservation measures — China budgeted $895 million on this in 1981 — there will be shortages until 1985/6 . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , grill the flaked almonds until golden ; cool and roughly chop . |
| 16 | However , a purchaser should not pay for tax losses until such time as it has been able to use them . |
| 17 | But some analysts expect Euro Disney to make losses until 1996 . |
| 18 | 2 Melt the butter in a pan and fry breadcrumbs until golden . |
| 19 | Taiwan banned rhino horn imports in 1985 but has given traditional medicine shops until 1994 to sell existing stocks [ see ED 65 ] . |
| 20 | It took the Venetians until 1420 to win control of all the territory promised to them by Ladislas , who in fact never realised his ambition to wear the crown of Hungary . |
| 21 | Texts and objects combine in a new installation by Marlene McCarthy at Metro Pictures until 27 March and new paintings featuring over-sized calligraphic texts figure in Linda Daniel 's new work at Jose Freire Fine Arts , until 21 March . |
| 22 | The field ambulance minibus ran the boys down into town , and brought them back to camp in hourly shuttles until 0300 hours . |
| 23 | For we lived at 77 South Portland Street , top flat , right , all the time from the age of 18 months until one year before the Second World War ( 1938 ) when I was a 23 year-old vigorous young man , ready for anything . |
| 24 | Relentlessly , he reeled off the winners until that memorable afternoon at Navan when by a remarkable coincidence , another Ulster horse , Novello Allegro gave him his place in history . |
| 25 | Nannette Streicher , as we have seen , did not include a check in her pianos until 1805 . |
| 26 | Although des Forges and Harber recorded Sparrowhawks as probably regular winter visitors until 1961 there is little satisfactory evidence of this more recently . |
| 27 | Her father 's death caused her to take a governess post in 1893 , but she studied part-time and obtained a London BA in 1897 , and then worked in teaching and governess posts until 1908 . |
| 28 | Having noted that Molla Husrev held the combined posts until 877 , Katib Celebi then asserts first that the office of Mufti was made an adjunct to Molla Arab 's teaching at the Sahn ; second , he unaccountably inserts a chronogram for Molla Husrev 's death ; third , he makes the unadorned and apparently irrelevant statement that Abdulkerim was Multi in Edirne and died in 879 ; and fourth , he returns to Molla Arab , essentially repeating what he has already said . |
| 29 | I had never heard of river engineers until one morning a very harassed engineer rang to ask me to persuade the lady in question not to tie herself to the ancient pollard which he intended to fell . |
| 30 | A large proportion of our birds are transient and sea-watches have shown westerly movements until late January and small easterly movements in March and April . |