Example sentences of "once this [verb] be " in BNC.

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1 Once this had been established , the aim of Marx 's work was to break through this veil of ideology .
2 Once this had been achieved they could campaign more openly for a united Ireland on the basis of uniting Catholic and Protestant workers , small farmers and the lower rungs of the business community for an independent , democratic , united and self-sufficient Irish Republic .
3 Once this had been accomplished , the various parties would proceed on foot to an agreed rendezvous in the desert , about forty-five miles inland , where they would be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group .
4 Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place .
5 Once this had been resolved upon , Kluck 's position became untenable and he , too , was obliged to withdraw to the Aisne .
6 Language has to be learned in the same way as other elements of a culture and , once this had been accomplished , the individual can acquire the rest of his or her culture .
7 Once this had been done , it was possible to test the new proposal by inspecting the appropriate region of the sky through a telescope .
8 Once this had been a thriving town , prospering on fishing and tourism and the naval college .
9 Once this had been done , the necessary reporting programs were written .
10 Once this had been achieved , the plan envisaged a transitional period leading to " full and fair elections " during which the UN would play " an enhanced role " , although the level of UN involvement was not specified .
11 Once this had been achieved and the victory in the north assured , nothing mattered to Franco so much as the final victory .
12 Once this had been achieved , the fighting between Iraq and its adversaries came to an end and Iraq agreed to a meeting of military leaders to discuss initial cease-fire arrangements , at which the Allies were represented by General Schwarzkopf and the principal Arab military figure , prince Khaled ibn Sultan of Saudi Arabia .
13 It is important to exclude the more obvious infective causes by a thorough microbiological examination and , once this has been done , advice on the use of artificial lubricants is enough to break the vicious circle in many cases .
14 Once this has been decided , a contract specification needs to be written outlining the services to be provided , the treatment technologies to be used , the volume of cases to be treated , the standards to be achieved ( in clinical effectiveness and quality of care ) and price .
15 Once this has been done , it is hoped to set a second study in motion to consider the possibility of using expert systems to guide the personnel who do the actual licensing through the maze of rules and regulations that they have to consider .
16 Once this has been settled and accepted , the next question is — how do you find such people ?
17 Once this has been confirmed , we can assume that the sudden loss of sexual ability has a psychological cause .
18 Once this has been done the receiver 's job is finished and the remaining assets will revert to their owners or to less fortunate unsecured creditors .
19 Once this has been achieved , the mains plug should be removed again before proceeding with the lighting .
20 Again , once this has been clarified , custom is likely to work in favour of continuing use .
21 Once this has been achieved it can be dispensed with .
22 Once this has been done it is relatively easy to list the relevant media for each type of activity .
23 Once this has been done , the information on each phase of the site can be amalgamated with the information from the specialist reports on the finds ( if these have been finished ) and with any information from other sources , such as radiocarbon dates .
24 Once this has been discussed and agreed by the client , the film goes back to the laboratory to be married to its sound track and to have its ‘ opticals ’ added and ‘ grading ’ of the print carried out .
25 Once this has been completed each invoice or other costing document will need to be coded before being processed by the computer operator .
26 Once this has been achieved , the manager judges results and does not closely supervise the actions of his staff .
27 While organization theorists have provided a considerable service by focusing our attention upon the notions of ideologies and schemas , once this has been done it is relatively easy to identify what the schemas are .
28 Once this has been accomplished the speech may be rounded off fairly quickly , but not over-hastily .
29 Once this has been done it is possible to make single-frequency readings to give quantitative concentrations of constituents of a mixture .
30 Once this has been done the terms must be put in order of energy .
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