Example sentences of "once upon a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ONCE UPON a time , not so long ago , Mudhoney swore an oath of allegiance to independent labeldom in the belief that small was best … |
| 62 | Once upon a time school teachers who climbed might take a favoured few pupils to the crags in the Lagonda or Alvis . |
| 63 | Once upon a time this plasteel cavern with its ranks of mighty support pillars must have seemed spacious , voluminous , gargantuan . |
| 64 | Once upon a time there was in the UK a Director of Flight Safety , but this office has been abolished . |
| 65 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
| 66 | ONCE upon a time , the enemies of South-East Asia 's environment were overpopulation and poverty , but now prosperity must also be considered a foe . |
| 67 | Once upon a time waste management was purely a matter of public health . |
| 68 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 69 | Once upon a time when Intel released the 80286 , everyone wanted to make a 286-compatible PC , including Ericsson . |
| 70 | ONCE UPON a time , the government of Norway promised that it would not only protect the wolf as an endangered species , but even maintain a breeding population of the beast . |
| 71 | ‘ Grass roots ’ writes : ‘ Once upon a time , social services and the Japanese decided to have a competitive boat race on the river Thames . |
| 72 | ONCE upon a time , the British used to boast of the battles they had won — Agincourt , Trafalgar and Waterloo ( with less justice ) for example . |
| 73 | Predictably , Irish Terence Adair believes that ‘ if steamers come into vogue , they will do away with all the romance once upon a time supposed to belong to a naval life ’ but the Scotsman 's more practical view chimes in with Jack 's opinion . |
| 74 | Once upon a time you could get your pilot 's licence in him for £20 . |
| 75 | Once upon a time in Belfast there were bands like Stiff Little Fingers and Rudi . |
| 76 | Once upon a time , so the story runs in these characteristic responses to the summer riots of 1981 , violence and disorder were unknown in Britain . |
| 77 | Among modern believers , it is generally assumed that once upon a time there was a ‘ pure ’ form of Christianity preached by Paul , from which various ‘ deviations ’ — that is , ‘ heresies ’ — subsequently occurred . |
| 78 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 79 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ Patsy began , ‘ in an old town , in an old street , there stood a very old 'ouse . ’ |
| 80 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ her brother began again , ‘ in an old town , in an old street , there stood a very old 'ouse , such a grand 'ouse , the sort of 'ouse you do not find nowadays … ’ |
| 81 | An authentic Welsh version was , according to Lady Llanover 's Good Cookery ( 1867 ) once upon a time made with ewe 's milk cheese ( Lady Llanover lived in Monmouthshire for about ninety years ) , now presumably obsolete . |
| 82 | Once upon a time , say until the late 1960s , advertising and public relations were skills that called for good writing ability , a flair for commerce , art talents , a large degree of personal charm and verbal fluency , and a sociable nature . |
| 83 | Once upon a time this was the role everyone thought was the right and moral one , but the immense power of television to influence , and the rapid growth of communications , makes such definitions naive . |
| 84 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 85 | We give here a brief sample both of the original [ 10 ] and of Burgess 's Class 1 version [ 11 ] : [ 10 ] Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo … |
| 86 | Once upon a time , an angel came down to earth to test the charity of man . |
| 87 | Once upon a time . |
| 88 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ he would begin his lectures , ‘ in the remote marches and forests of Central Asia , near a lake called Issyk-Koul in the province of Semiriechinsk , there lived a small , pretty squirrel-like creature called the Marmot … ’ |
| 89 | ‘ Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep , and his name was Tom … ’ |
| 90 | Once upon a time |