Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why wait until after a general election ? |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is not clear from current Marxist criticism and theory , which in the rainbow coalition is often buttressed by Lacanian ideas of the decentred self , whether it is prepared to accept any form at all of a personal , subjective or affective response , or whether all that must wait until after the revolution . |
| 3 | Both insisted that any bilateral talks should wait until after the international conference , for which a date had at last been set : President Roosevelt issued a statement on 4 September inviting the nations of the world to a conference on international civil aviation to be held in Chicago in November . |
| 4 | She would not cry here ; she would wait until after the wake , when she was alone . |
| 5 | As regards the timing of the announcement , the Directors , in consultation with Unions and personnel professionals , decided that those affected would want to know immediately rather than wait until after the Christmas holiday to be told . |
| 6 | What I 'm getting at is there 's no reason why we need , we should wait until after the surveys to start looking at trips . |
| 7 | Her courage and consideration were so remarkable that even close friends did not know until near the end that she was seriously ill . |
| 8 | However , McCallen will not know until after a stewards meeting tomorrow morning whether or not he will be on the front row of the grid . |
| 9 | In Extract 7 , from B-4 , on the other hand , the overlapping talk does not commence until after the first part of Brenda 's Creole stretch . |
| 10 | It now has to become a modern social democratic party which can win because of the popularity of its vision . |
| 11 | I knew I 'd win because after the semi-final , I still had a lot in my tank . ’ |
| 12 | If you were strong you would put up with it , even if you had to cough and splutter because of the bad air around you . |
| 13 | SCO said it felt no need to formally resign because of the loose construction of the initiative . |
| 14 | In 1777 Stein 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the escapement . |
| 15 | In 1783 Walter 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the check . |
| 16 | This is the chap that lost his job because of the car that Jack did n't buy because of the fall in the price of the house that Jack bought . |
| 17 | If you put the bottom on wheel , put some wheels on the bottom of the ladder so it could n't fall because of the bottom , then it would still stay there because on the floor would be the bit of grip from the top . |
| 18 | So far as the families of those involved in disciplinary proceedings are concerned , we do not even count as worth a thought ( ‘ Guilty until proven innocent ’ , 4 March ) . |
| 19 | My soul did hang as in a pair of scales , sometimes up and sometimes down , now in peace and anon in terror . ’ |
| 20 | Now that type of exception would mean that the practical difficulties to which he referred would not arise except in the comparatively few cases that arise of the particular type . |
| 21 | If the husband did not fulfil his obligation to maintain , then on balance it was considered preferable for the wife to go out and earn than for the whole family to become chargeable to the Poor Law . |
| 22 | This was interpreted as a concession to President Mikhail Gorbachev ( who was also the CPSU general secretary ) , since the six months would not elapse until after the 28th CPSU congress due in July , at which far-reaching party restructuring , possibly including federalization , was anticipated [ see pp. 37128 ; 37234-35 ] . |
| 23 | Although the Dwarfs often tried to recapture Karak Eight Peaks they did not succeed until about the Imperial year 2470 , when Belegar established a fortified bridgehead in the old citadel . |
| 24 | Moving the smaller oval into place is much easier than you might expect because of the way guidelines appear as the point that you have picked up come into alignment with important features on other object . |
| 25 | Our next reaction was fear that the invasion would not succeed because of the unusually rough weather . |
| 26 | But if the prosecutor can show an intention to provoke unlawful violence , as by causing a policeman to over-react , a prosecution will succeed because of the defendant 's intention to be considered presently . |
| 27 | Its spectrographs can analyse the ultraviolet light given off and absorbed by stars , galaxies , gas-clouds and other celestial paraphernalia , something which earthbound observers can not do because of the ozone layer . |
| 28 | It is one of the nicest shows anyone could do because of the response you get from the viewers . ’ |
| 29 | A decrease in cytoplasmic Ca 2+ levels ( estimated to be below 100nM ) will result because of the decreased influx of Ca 2+ through the channel . |
| 30 | The Company will benefit because of the tax it saves and the resulting improvement in earnings in 1993–94 . |