Example sentences of "[vb -s] until now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next week sees the release of Melancholia , a directorial debut by Andi Engel , who has until now been best known for his work as a film distributor . |
| 2 | What causes the remaining 30 per cent of cases of NGU has until now been a mystery . |
| 3 | The former Prime Minister has until now been a firm supporter of the Premier , backing his stand over Europe . |
| 4 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 5 | Control over the quality of work within each classroom has until now been left almost exclusively to the headteacher with occasional support from the local and national inspectorate . |
| 6 | Because making the material itself is a lot harder than turning it into a rudimentary bomb , it is the tight control of plutonium and uranium that has until now restricted the spread of nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | History , in short , say the proponents of this first theory , has until now discouraged the Greeks from learning the proper relationship between the citizen and the democratic state . |
| 8 | Ten-years old Data Connection has until now kept a low profile , selling portable versions of IBM 's Systems Network Architecture ( SNA ) technology to the likes of Control Data , Hewlett-Packard , ICL , Norsk Data , Northern Telecom , Prime ( deceased ) , Wang and even to IBM itself — though it wo n't say exactly what . |
| 9 | It has until now been the general policy within treatment centres specialising in addictive disease that nicotine , caffeine , sugar and white flour have generally been ignored — or their use may even be encouraged — in the early stages of treatment while sufferers learn to do without their prime drugs of choice in their recovery from Chemical Dependency . |
| 10 | There has until now been a degree of ambiguity in the presentation of the goal of political union . |
| 11 | We are also interested in what the priorities are now for demilitarisation and reconstruction , and I ask the Minister specifically to approach our American colleagues to ask them to convert the substantial military aid that has until now been given to El Salvador into civilian aid to help with that reconstruction . |
| 12 | Concern about ozone depletion has until now centred on its effects on humans , for instance through increased skin cancers . |
| 13 | " International bird conservation has until now been rather disjointed with no single organisation big enough to tackle the problem alone . |
| 14 | But the heavy cost of offshore exploration activity has until now been set against PRT , ’ he explained . |