He was composing nearly until the end.
These examples indicate that in semelparous forms, in which full vigour and function are required until virtually the end of life, senescence has an onset closely coupled with the completion of the reproductive process and is governed by relatively simple enzymatic mechanisms that can be modified by natural selection.
She abhorred publicity and gave virtually no interviews until the end of her life, when a new manager insisted, yet she filled theatres, often for long runs, on Broadway, in the West End, and elsewhere.
To help encourage developers to join, however, Agawi is currently offering promotion services at "virtually" no cost until the end of the year.
Mr. Feldman, who continued to practice law until he was 90, kept his hand in city politics virtually to the end of his life.
In Europe, neutral countries such as Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, and Spain hosted international routes on a limited basis, but the vagaries of war virtually ended regularly scheduled flights until the end of the conflict in 1945.
Most TV disclaimers don't appear (if at all) until the end credits; virtually insuring that no one will see them.
But of popular resistance to Mr. Hussein, until the end, there was virtually no sign.
The six tanks in the series constituted virtually all of Germany's tank production from 1934 until the end of World War II in 1945.
In the GD-C group, it increased by more than 40%, virtually in parallel with mucosal microcirculatory flow, and remained high until the end.
