Example sentences of "the [noun sg] but once " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appear to be mountings for the transformer but once again I suspect that these are best ignored for safety reasons . |
| 2 | When Paul called me back to ask whether he was serious about this , I replied , yes , although I must admit I did n't hear strings and flutes on ‘ Space Oddity ’ at the beginning but once the track was done , it was obvious that it was going to work really well . |
| 3 | The light of water showed through the tree trunks as they drew close to the narrow wood along the lake but once on the fringe of the trees they lost all resentment at the sight of the thick floor of bluebells beneath the trees . |
| 4 | Glentoran 's Colin Ramirez , a replacement for Damien Kelly gave his side hope with an excellent drive near the end but once again Keenan was equal to it . |
| 5 | Is it not likely that the healing powers are continually trying to maintain order in the system but once the external stresses reach a certain level this can no longer be done ‘ passively ’ but the very attempt to keep a balance produces outward signs which we generally find uncomfortable and so call disease ; which is literally a lack of ease or disease . |