1.   The carnage lasted until midnight when a small detachment of federal troops intervened and the rioters scattered.

2.   The exhibits are surrounded by period costumes and photographs, and the show is to last until January.

3.   The meeting lasted until lunchtime.

4.   The talks lasted until the early hours of the morning.

5.   This should last until bribery scandals had been investigated and proper environmental standards enforced, they said.

6.   During his visit, which lasted until early September, Dibuama and his team visited areas controlled by all four factions.

7.   The revolution is seen as a transition to a higher, stable energy state, which will last until the next major advance of knowledge.

8.   This arrangement, flexible but strikingly unmodern, was to last until nearly the end of the eighteenth century.

9.   The ban followed the Chernobyl accident, and was expected to last until at least the end of the century.

10.   As one analyst puts it, Some of the Labour loyalty induced in their formative years will have lasted until today.