Example sentences of "not [verb] until the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result it was held that the sellers ' right to repossess the goods did not arise until the expiry of the credit period allowed by the terms . |
| 2 | By parity of reasoning with Chan Wai Lam v R the accused who deceives the victim into writing a cheque in his favour is not guilty under s.15 because the amount represented by the cheque did not exist until the cheque was drawn . |
| 3 | In Chan Wai Lam v R [ 1981 ] Crim LR 497 , the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong held that an accused was not guilty of obtaining a lease by deception because the lease did not exist until the victim granted it . |
| 4 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 5 | Both the ECGD and Bank of Scotland said they would not comment until the programme had been shown . |
| 6 | Thus in Weiner v. Gill ( 1906 C.A. ) although jewellery sold on approval was subsequently re-sold by the buyer , the court held that property had not passed because of an express statement in the original contract that property was not to pass until the seller was paid . |
| 7 | They were unable to approach because of their draught and the weather , but with the rising tide and bad conditions it was possible that the stranded man might not survive until the lifeboat arrived . |
| 8 | Proponents ( and opponents ) argue fiercely that it will ( or will not ) , but we shall not know until the system is in operation in several years ' time . |
| 9 | Each bid is a separate offer and a contract is not made until the auctioneer accepts one of them . |
| 10 | Bulk commodity shipments are not unloaded until the bill of lading is presented to the carrier . |
| 11 | The reason may not emerge until the inquest into her death . |
| 12 | After the meeting Mandela reiterated the ANC position that power-sharing negotiations could not begin until the state of emergency was rescinded and all political prisoners were freed . |
| 13 | Explicit genital intercourse frequently does not begin until the girl reaches puberty … . |
| 14 | Though Minton did not begin until the class was all set up and working , the forcefulness of his example meant that at the end of the day there were eight Mintons instead of one . |
| 15 | During lunch the Managing Director begins gently sounding Blake out , but the real business of the day does not begin until the table is cleared . |
| 16 | With further lack of efficiency , he was fond of recalling , it had not exploded until the party 's luggage had reached the hotel , where it ‘ made as fearful mess and damaged the odd Turk ’ . |
| 17 | The commander of UN troops in Bosnia , General Philippe Morillon , has been holed up in the town for the past week vowing not to leave until the safety of the inhabitants is assured . |
| 18 | If they voice this concern to the general practitioner or health visitor this may result in the first step being taken in the identification of a visual problem , but unfortunately there can be instances in which the defective vision is not detected until the child has a pre-school medical . |
| 19 | He warned that the reconciliation process would not progress until the North had moved on this issue . |
| 20 | In the case of the Shipbuilding Engineering and Repairing Bill in 1976 , it was not appreciated until the Bill was well under way that it was , by reason of naming the firms to be affected in a schedule , a hybrid Bill and its passage had to be deferred in order that the above procedures could be gone through . |
| 21 | This finally led John Hunter , the eminent surgeon , anatomist and classifier of monsters to produce a seminal paper ( An account of an extraordinary pheasant , Hunter , 1837 ) in which he proposed that differences between the sexes were of two kinds : those involving the sexual organs themselves , which were evident from birth and did not change during an individual 's lifetime ; and those that did not develop until the animal approached breeding age , such as differences in body size , plumage and in the tendency to be fat which he termed ‘ secondary ’ marks or characters of sex ( Hunter , 1837 , 1861 ) . |
| 22 | Strictly , the Revenue can argue that s343 does not apply until the hive-up agreement has become unconditional and been completed in accordance with its terms ( for example , the novating of liabilities and obtaining of third party consents ) , since s343 requires Newco to carry on the trade in succession to the transferor , not merely beneficially own it . |
| 23 | Do NOT cross until the traffic has stopped . |
| 24 | He drafted an outline , but his hope was not fulfilled until the appearance of the History of the Puritans ( 1732 ) by Daniel Neal [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | We shall not rest until the government of Britain fully belongs to the citizens it is there to serve . |
| 26 | It will not rest until the death has been avenged and the murderer punished , when it will fly to the Afterworld and inform the victim of his murderer 's fate . |
| 27 | Carpenter assumed that increased fluid secretion began shortly after toxin administration but that net fluid production was not observed until the rate of secretion exceeded the rate of absorption . |
| 28 | In this situation property does not pass until the petrol is paid for . |
| 29 | ‘ Rule 3 : Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods in a deliverable state , but the seller is bound to weigh , measure , test or do some other act or thing with reference to the goods for the purpose of ascertaining the price , the property does not pass until the act or thing is done and the buyer has notice that it has been done . ’ |
| 30 | So , if the letter is lost in the post , property does not pass until the buyer actually discovers that the goods are in a deliverable state . |