Example sentences of "but once a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once a cream or lotion has been opened and there 's air in the container , it 'll start to lose it 's effect after about six months . |
| 2 | Come over Kirkstone Pass towards Ullswater and , on reaching the valley , turn off to the right to the little village of Hartsop , a quiet place now , but once a centre of rural activity . |
| 3 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 4 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
| 5 | ‘ Christmas comes but once a year . ’ |
| 6 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |
| 7 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |
| 8 | something , something but once a year . |
| 9 | Blank , blank , but once a year . |
| 10 | but once a year . |
| 11 | But once a group of Masai had a permanent water supply , paid for by themselves , they would develop a sense of ownership and settle down . |
| 12 | It is recognised that it is almost impossible to correctly identify the characteristics of fast growers at a start-up stage but once a track record of two or three years data exists selection may be possible . |
| 13 | I mean we can look forward to going there , not every day of course , but once a week perhaps , and that 'll be nice . |
| 14 | The establishment is open but once a week at present and is then usually manned by a civilian worker . |
| 15 | One of the moments which remained most strongly in her memory took place in the town 's most learned book shop , a charming building that dated , almost alone in the town , from a pre-industrial epoch ; it was tall , and narrow , and its windows Were so small that it could display only ten books at a time , and those ten were changed but once a month . |
| 16 | He took it up in a Pauline spirit , as a reparation ; now the least of Christians ( by special grace ) but once an infidel , and even if he had not persecuted the faithful , one who scorned the Faith , he would do what he could to convert men or stop them from straying away . |