Example sentences of "once part " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jana contended that the Phoenician empire was Arab and therefore Venice was once part of a Pan-Arab civilisation , not to mention the other claim that many Venetians have Arab roots from ninth-century traders . |
| 2 | Any film appearance by Robin Hood reinforced a belief that this wooded playground was surely once part of a Sherwood Forest . |
| 3 | With his brothers Gary , Phil and Dennis , he was once part of a fresh-faced showbusiness act , the Crosby Boys , which lasted until 1959 . |
| 4 | Books : Why violence and the vote no longer mix Brutality was once part of the British way of life at both ends of the class system , explains Paul Langford |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told the school was once part of the mainland . ’ |
| 6 | Once part of a watermill , this hotel is just 500 metres from the lakeside beach and close to the centre of Garda village . |
| 7 | It is on the site of the old Malswick Halt , which was once part of the Newent to Gloucester Railway , another industrial relic that has long disappeared . |
| 8 | It is on the edge of the Chott el-Jerid , a saline depression in the Sahara once part of the Mediterranean . |
| 9 | There was no furniture , only a large mirror , once part of a wardrobe door , leaning against the wall . |
| 10 | Beneath Denmark Street , west of the city centre , are extensive cellars , dating back to the thirteenth century and once part of an Augustinian monastery . |
| 11 | The line was once part of a longer route that ran to Sheffield , using the Woodhead tunnel under the Pennines . |
| 12 | The greater size of many firms , and the social and spatial distance between owners and workers or top managers and lower managers , do not promote the loyalties and identifications that were once part of many people 's working life . ) |
| 13 | It was once part of the rural palace of the Bishops of Lincoln , originally founded in the time of King John , and survived the Reformation by becoming a private house . |
| 14 | One theory is that the town was once part of a vast cosmic Zodiac which radiated from Stonehenge . |
| 15 | In a way this too is made true by The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings combined ; for the latter predicts that some elves will refuse to leave Middle-earth , however much they may ‘ dwindle ’ , while the former shows that others remain in Valinor , once part of the Earth , though now in some mysterious way sundered from it . |
| 16 | The studio was once part of a railway company property and that is where the old railwayman comes in . |
| 17 | Little Gibson , 29 , and so forgotten that he trains alone , was once part of Terry Phelan 's £2.3 million move to Manchester City . |
| 18 | Salako , once part of Taylor 's new dawn , severed two tendons and had to fly to America for £100,000 of treatment . |
| 19 | Sunday saw guests from Network SouthEast , sponsors of the Buckingham Railway Centre , entertained in the centre 's Victorian-built dining car which was once part of the Royal Train . |
| 20 | It is possible that a figure of the King was once part of the scene , and that his heroic intervention in the face of disaster was part of the cult iconography . |
| 21 | I would gladly say , ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ and at once part company with him , realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to tlatter him with an imitation which he has always disdained . |
| 22 | SHERWOOD FOREST COUNTRY PARK AND VISITOR CENTRE was once part of the Royal Hunting forest and scene of many of Robin 's clashes with the forest wardens as well as much merry making when work was done ! |
| 23 | The pollarded trees you see in old woodland and hedgerow are clear evidence that they were once part of boundaries formed to enclose stock as well , maybe , as parish boundaries . |
| 24 | Once part of the common grazing of the parish this land was only finally enclosed in 1863 . |
| 25 | Once part of the map of the world is known , and that knowledge has been disseminated , there is no way that it can be censored . |
| 26 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 27 | Next to the amphitheatre is an eleventh-century fortified tower , no doubt once part of the medieval town defences ; well maintained , it now serves as a Roman Museum . |
| 28 | Item 2 is the brass scroll which was once part of the Royal Warwickshire regiment 's cap badge . |
| 29 | A light khaki smock fluttered over a ragged navy waistcoat , clearly once part of his best suit , and his shirt bore neither collar nor stud . |
| 30 | I had wanted to see the danse macabre preserved there , once part of the stonework of the cathedral at Nogykanizsa . |