Example sentences of "[noun] until [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would spend all day with her daughter and then work on her designs until late in the evening . |
| 2 | When it was formed in 1919 AIB was a branch of the old Air Ministry which controlled civil aviation as well as the Royal Air Force , and it remained in that department until immediately after the Second World War when the Ministry of Civil Aviation was formed . |
| 3 | The effect of Beveridge 's view of marriage being a relationship which created economic dependency in the wife is therefore one which will remain in practice until well after the end of the century . |
| 4 | Peace did not really reign again at Hatfield Chase until well into the eighteenth century . |
| 5 | There are works of interest culled from 115 acquisitions ( made between 1987 and 1992 ) , but the artworks until recently under the Prado 's jurisdiction supply the collections 's real highlights ( along with the Dalí and Miró bequests ) . |
| 6 | Hateley was one of several players banned from Ibrox until yesterday in the wake of last Saturday 's defeat from Celtic that brought to an end Rangers ' run of 44 games without loss . |
| 7 | The access road is not a major item for this committee until well beyond the year two thousand and four . |
| 8 | On the Talbot estate of Whitchurch in North Shropshire entry fines were lower in the early fifteenth century than in the late fourteenth , and there was a decline in the rents paid for demesne lands after 1400 , and little sign of recovery until well into the sixteenth century . |
| 9 | Torrington 's mishandling enabled the enemy to drive a wedge between the English and Dutch ships and by 1 pm the former were in shameful retreat , a disaster only being averted when the wind suddenly dropped , though Torrington did not drop anchor until safely within the Thames . |
| 10 | This remained a crucial obstacle until well into the 1960s , when attempts began to synthesise the two ideologies , in what has become known as Liberation Theology . |
| 11 | WESTERN EUROPE is to decide this month on a series of satellites that will provide data for weather forecasts until well into the 1990s . |
| 12 | Motorola , Mace says , is still cleaning up the part and does n't want to announce pricing or general availability until later in the year . |
| 13 | He launched what became ( from February 1666 ) the London Gazette , which remained the government newspaper until well into the next century . |
| 14 | Mrs Holton had been protected from the news of her babies ' defect until just before the birth . |
| 15 | Taken somewhat aback by the speed and scope of their success , and worried about the proverbial ‘ bursting bubble ’ , they planned no future releases until well into the new year . |
| 16 | There was a continuing round of meetings , but no serious approach to a formula of settlement until late on the following Saturday night . |
| 17 | Apart from the Harris 's hawks , we did n't get a chance to pick up any more birds until late on the second day . |
| 18 | With a not overlong flying display that runs from 2pm in the afternoon until 6pm in the evening , plenty of time is available to roam among the aircraft parks and view whatever is the viewer 's fancy . |
| 19 | No government which was known to enjoy the support of the Crown was defeated in a general election until well into the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | John Major had no real choice of date this time , but March and April gave him such a nail-biting experience that he will never again postpone an election until so near the terminal date . |
| 21 | The blacksmith 's forge at Hailing Bottom was in use until just before the 1914 war , the blacksmith was then Eblin Brown who emigrated to Canada . |
| 22 | However , anarchism remained an influential competitor to the Communist movement until well into the late 1920s . |
| 23 | The Committee approved the trend towards cooking in sculleries rather than on open fires in living rooms although the latter remained the only option for many families living in rooms until well into the inter-war period . |
| 24 | The livestock business enjoyed record profits in 1992 with pig meat prices at relatively high levels until late in the year . |
| 25 | Without ever explaining quite why , the Home Office fiercely resisted this approach until late in the Bill 's passage through Parliament ; as a result Codes of Practice are just mentioned in the Act , and the Registrar is now busy encouraging their formulation and observance . |
| 26 | Decisions made over the next three months seem certain to shape the future of work and play in Britain until well into the next century . |
| 27 | The infamous whisky loch of the late 1970s affected prices until well into the 1980s . |
| 28 | Pozdyshev also reaffirmed that Russia plans to keep its Chernobyl-type reactors in operation until well into the next century " after making the necessary safety changes " . |
| 29 | At the 2 " tR threshold , these small signal modes are degenerate with the oscillating frequency spectrum , but as A is increased , they transphase in frequency until halfway between the oscillating frequencies . |
| 30 | The Clean Air Act of 1970 set out to create a healthy atmosphere for the population within less than a decade , but even by the 1990s this has not been achieved and it is now expected that some urban areas will not achieve healthy air until well into the next century . |