Sentence examples for almost until the eve from inspiring English sources

Almost until the eve of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, American oil companies were among the largest purchasers of Iraqi crude oil.

Lawyers for the defendants filed motions yesterday seeking dismissal of charges or a continuance in the case, and asking for a hearing in which the judge could determine why the information about Mr. Fastow's statements was not disclosed until almost the eve of trial.

Locog will also have to design a resale process that can operate until almost the eve of the Games and decide how many so-called "non-event tickets" to sell.

Sacks remained active almost until the end.

Cisco has acquired application performance measurement company AppDynamics almost on the eve of its IPO, for $3.7 billion.

Unemployment soared to almost 40percentt on the eve of his appointment as Chancellor in January 1933.

In fact, not until the eve of the first Test.

His government kept the news secret until the eve of his departure.

Until the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Durbin was Mr. Obama's sole Senate endorser.

The Pentagon delayed issuing a 281-page manual laying out commission rules until the eve of the hearing.

The share of employee pay in GDP drifted steadily downward until the eve of recession last year (see chart 2).