Example sentences of "[noun sg] until it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they may fail to make any choice of field or plan of action until it is too late . |
| 2 | This attitude is fine if you can afford to have your machine out of action until it is repaired and replace components which have failed through neglect . |
| 3 | Straighten the bristles after cleaning and wrap with clean plain paper , so that the bristles maintain their shape , and then lay it on its side until it is required for use . |
| 4 | Holding the mussel with both forefeet , it begins pounding it on the rock until it is sufficiently broken to allow the otter to extract the flesh with its teeth . |
| 5 | Drain the pipe and use a blow lamp to heat the fitting until it is loose . |
| 6 | And because no knowledge is fully clear in the mind until it is explained to someone else , the time at Lincoln was further formative for his mind . |
| 7 | He does not notice the noiseless , fast moving car until it is too late … |
| 8 | We made ball and roller bearings for the car trade , the car trade had come a slump and the car trade to this day does n't want one bearing or one detail for a car until it 's ready to put it on a car . |
| 9 | Consequently , ‘ one may rationally stick to a degenerating programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after ’ . |
| 10 | The pill causes regular withdrawal bleeding , masking any amenorrhoea until it is stopped . |
| 11 | Mr Abbott said : ‘ A deal is never a deal until it is signed . ’ |
| 12 | Organophosphate should remain in the dock until it is proven innocent . ’ |
| 13 | Use several swabs to swab round the mouth until it is clean . |
| 14 | The pound fell again as Mr Major insisted we will stay out of the ERM until it is reformed . |
| 15 | Where the landlord has such a right , it is often overlooked in practice , and the landlord does not make a requirement until it is too late . |
| 16 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 17 | It 's impossible to get the stench out of one 's clothing until it is thoroughly washed . |
| 18 | Ball of the foot : like your thigh until it is almost parallel with the ground . |
| 19 | Hence there must be a facility for storing the cross- reference until it is required , and a system by which the editor is reminded that that cross- reference needs to be written in at the other point ( earlier or later in the text ) . |
| 20 | Odilo and I have been airing the new apartment until it is heavy with her smell . |
| 21 | Thank you we 'll just put it on the little table here , look for a bit until it 's time to put it on . |
| 22 | This may initially be viewed with some horror until it is realized that the form of representation inserted into the geometric domain may take on any form appropriate to the solution of the problem . |
| 23 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
| 24 | Repeat the process with the remaining butter , filling and pastry until it is all used up . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll wait in the kitchen until it 's daylight , and then I 'll leave . |
| 26 | Now it can detach itself and move about within the pouch , but it will remain dependent upon her milk until it is eighteen months old . |
| 27 | The baby continues taking its mother 's milk until it is at least two years old . |
| 28 | Friend and neighbour Mary Ayers , who is looking after the Thoroughgood Road , Clacton , bungalow until it is handed over to executors today , discovered the break-in yesterday morning . |
| 29 | They do anything to avoid choosing , and if events force them to make a choice , they question it by raking over the ashes of the decision until it is dead and cold . |
| 30 | " Into a saucepan you pour 2 decilitres ( approximately 7 fluid oz. ) of white wine , you add a large clove of garlic , chopped , and you boil the wine until it is reduced by half and the garlic is cooked . |