Sentence examples for hitherto said from inspiring English sources

The Americans had hitherto said that Mr Assad could not be part of a transition, whereas Russia said his removal should be a possible outcome rather than a precondition of any talks.

"There is a perception that other EU countries appear to manage their public procurement processes with a sharper focus on domestic supply than we have hitherto," said the letter.

Hitherto, says Ms Welsh, Malaysians have been rather risk-averse.

"There is a perception that other EU countries appear to manage their public procurement processes with a sharper focus on domestic supply than we have hitherto," says the letter, in a veiled reference to the impact on workers at Bombardier in Derby after a Thameslink train deal went to Germany and not to their factory.

The field at least looks better than it did in September, when the deadline had to be extended for want of suitable names.Whatever happens, the court may be less of a cosy club than it has been hitherto, insiders say.

Hitherto, Obama has said that he won't negotiate with the Republicans until they raise the debt ceiling and end the partial government shutdown.

The uncertainty for drug makers as this kind of script plays out is whether doctors and the public will buy into a hitherto unrecognized disease, said Alan Cassels, a pharmaceutical policy researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

Hitherto, the EU has said that Brussels would revive the pact only after elections scheduled for May 25 once a new government is installed.

Hitherto, one might say that the lack of a proper second city has allowed London to divide and rule the rest of the nation.

A City oil analyst said: "Shell has hitherto focused on the laboratory bench looking at second-generation biofuels.

Hitherto, the government had merely said that the companies should cede a 51% stake in the oilfields themselves, not the refineries.