Example sentences of "[conj] once [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video . |
| 2 | Such reports must be sent not less than once every six months , or once every two months ( r 6.163 ) . |
| 3 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Clonmacnoise had now become scientific , with a large brick Interpretive Centre where once a motherly woman had sold entrance tickets in a shed . |
| 6 | In the classroom , where once the tidy scholars applied themselves diligently in their neat rows of desks , there is a carnival of disrespect . |
| 7 | The aristocrat 's furniture was an elaboration of the middle class 's , where once the middle-class interior had been a reduction of the aristocrat 's . |
| 8 | [ See Fig. 3 ] Where once the smooth cone of Vesuvius had risen , only a shattered stump now remained ; where once there had been fields and vineyards and all the normal clutter of the countryside there now stretched a silent grey carpet of ash , mantling everything like a thick , dirty snowfall . |
| 9 | A fortress over the centuries , now it beckoned him with a fine house , The Vines , where once the German commandant had surveyed the desolated scene . |
| 10 | Still the goals fail to materialise , and a deal worth £5 million for a man who hits the net better than once every two games has genuine currency . |
| 11 | These included an extensive exchange of technical data on new weapons systems , exchange of information on the mobilization of military units , and a ban on military activities involving more than 400,000 troops or 900 tanks more than once every two years . |
| 12 | Such reports must be sent not less than once every six months , or once every two months ( r 6.163 ) . |
| 13 | They estimate that extremely high sea levels , which historically occur roughly once every century , could be expected more than once every five years in many seaside towns by 2030 . |
| 14 | An issue that the guillotine motion will not allow us to discuss does not involve improving the average standards , but the fact that those local authorities that already exceed the minimum standard and conduct inspections more frequently than once every four years will be required to lower their standards . |
| 15 | The frequency with which arrhythmias and syncope occur varies considerably , from several times a day to less than once every several years . |
| 16 | He says a local authority can apply to change the electoral system at any time I E a district council but not more than once every ten years . |
| 17 | More ‘ difficult ’ measures could be obtained periodically , but more frequently than once every ten years . |
| 18 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 19 | In a blistering attack on ‘ The Football Madness ’ in 1898 , Ernest Ensor was particularly shocked by the epidemic of excitement among the fans : ‘ A constant attendant at great football matches must have seen more than once a large crowd vertere pollicem in a manner which made him thankful that murder is illegal . ’ |
| 20 | More than once a brave few tried to break away . |
| 21 | So you are very unlikely to be able to tell your story ( and , once again , telling a story is what you are doing fundamentally ) without abandoning more than once the angel-on-the-shoulder viewpoint of whatever chief characters you have chosen . |
| 22 | ( 6 ) Note 3 to Rule 10 provides that once a firm intention to make an offer is announced , the target company must on request provide the offeror as soon as possible with all relevant details of its issued shares and , to the extent not issued , its allotted shares , and details of any conversion or subscription rights or any other rights pursuant to which shares might be allotted or issued unconditionally during the offer period . |
| 23 | It is true that once a useful co-ordinating convention is established every person has reason to adhere to it , a reason which is independent of the existence of the authority , a reason deriving entirely from the existence of the useful convention . |
| 24 | I estimate that once a future general practitioner enters medical school the nation ( NHS ) can write off almost £3m for training costs , salaries , and pension until his or her death . |
| 25 | There are weekly visits , once a month the inmate is given a weekend leave , and once every six months is allowed home for a week . |
| 26 | A Pharisee by training and once a vehement conservative , he had at one stage harassed the infant church but was dramatically converted by confrontation with a vision of the risen Lord . |
| 27 | Victor Atanasie Stanculescu , hitherto National Economy Minister and once a First Deputy Defence Minster under Ceausescu , was immediately appointed as the new Defence Minister . |
| 28 | Occasionally I saw birds , huge buzzards , squatting on rock outcrops , and once a small antelope , far off across an expanse of stones . |
| 29 | Here and there , they caught sight of a fluid red-gold figure in between the trees and once a huge oak tree seemed to bend forward as if inclining its head to inspect them . |
| 30 | I have seen foxes playing in the brambles , and once a red deer walked past on the opposite bank . |