Example sentences of "[verb] once a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 2 | He says a new museum is added once a year , the size of the Convention Centre has doubled and the LA International Airport has been transformed . |
| 3 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 4 | ‘ I used to see Dad every now and again , say once a month , and we usually spoke over the phone at least once a week . |
| 5 | Say once a week . |
| 6 | Please remember that you can only appeal once a year . |
| 7 | An extreme form of the first is the fur trapper in the Russian and Canadian Arctic who lays a line of traps across country which he visits once a fortnight collecting the victims who have died a slow and agonising death with one or two legs caught in a gin trap . |
| 8 | His presence gives Joan some respite and complements the assistance she receives from the doctor who visits once a week and a nurse who comes in the morning and at night to put James to bed . |
| 9 | There is an occupational therapist who visits once a week and a physiotherapist who gives music and movement sessions . ’ |
| 10 | The volunteer we spoke to works a night time shift once a month . |
| 11 | Not all the attitudes which precede a review will survive once a management plan has been put into action . |
| 12 | I was eventually told to appear once a fortnight and later relieved from my duty altogether , probably because the senior officer I reported to was replaced . |
| 13 | Perfectionist in all things , he declined to continue painting once a slight deterioration in eyesight precluded the extreme clarity he sought . |
| 14 | If hard copying prior to module version deletion has been mandated via the LIFESPAN configuration file , then a module version may only be deleted once a ‘ hard copy ’ exists . |
| 15 | When the Alexander teacher thinks you have grasped the fundamental principles of inhibition and direction , he will ask you to come once a fortnight and then once a month . |
| 16 | You used to come once a week for dinner |
| 17 | She had these cryings often , she says complacently , while she was in Jerusalem and Rome , but when she returned to England , they were much less frequent ; then they occurred once a month , once a week , daily , seven or fourteen times a day , and at last ‘ whenever God would send them ’ , in church or in the street — never , apparently , in the privacy of her own home . |
| 18 | My guess is that most have been discarded once an aircraft goes out of service , or even worse , confined to the skip when a travel agent or airline goes out of business . |
| 19 | On normal skin , a mild exfoliator used once a week will do no harm . |
| 20 | Although they are not essential , since this process does occur naturally , used once a week a gentle exfoliator can revitalise the complexion and make your skin feel extra clean — particularly if you 're a city dweller . |
| 21 | Sometimes we will arrange to meet once a week for five weeks to talk and pray . |
| 22 | Each partner was to bring in £50 per share ; they were to meet once a month at least , with the accounts made up and settled every three months . |
| 23 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 24 | She does high-impact classes 2-4 times a month , dabbles in Callanetics and swam once a week for a month . |
| 25 | A well-constructed septic tank should need little maintenance apart from emptying once a year , but it is important that not too much disinfectant , bleach or detergent is used in the house — otherwise , the bacteriological action could be affected and the tank stop working . |
| 26 | These will be carried once a month and will alternate with contracts in the food and electronics sectors . |
| 27 | Drug-users sharing needles contaminated with HIV are likely to be infected within less than five years if they inject once a week , and within three months if injecting 20 times a week . |
| 28 | Admittedly , our present team of four would manage this programme only with reinforcement from some daily workers ; my staff plan therefore took in the services of a gardener , to visit once a week , twice in the summer , and two cleaners , each to visit twice a week . |
| 29 | As Donna Cassidy who looks after all our recordings in Dublin says once a hit always a hit you know . |
| 30 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |