Example sentences of "once [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | THE publisher 's comment on this book compares it with The Organisation Man and Future Shock , claiming that once in a while a book so accurately captures ‘ … the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade ’ . |
2 | But , though statistics are objective icons for the disinterested observer — or powerfully distorting tools for the polemicist — once in a while a particular set of figures will leap from the page of some dust-dry tome to offer up an image more illuminating than all of a dozen reports like those in the bibliography relating to this chapter . |
3 | Once in a while an ‘ audio extra ’ creates itself . |
4 | Every once in a while an album captures the public 's imagination in a big way . |
5 | Once in a while the Budget comes up with something that appeals to most people . |
6 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
7 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
8 | Once upon a time a ship was caught in a storm . |
9 | Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here , and we 're feeling the after-effects . ’ |
10 | Once upon a time a sprinkling of fixtures with cross-channel clubs was normal , but these too have disappeared . |
11 | However , once upon a time the mathematician was a child too . |
12 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
13 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
14 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Once upon a time the position of the bedroom relative to those of female guests would have been far more interesting . |
17 | You , you did give once to a group a few years ago . |
18 | Once on a hilltop the trees broke , and we looked back and saw a vast red light on the horizon . |