Example sentences of "[adj] once [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week , but otherwise is payable locally . |
2 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
3 | Head of Department : ‘ Homework is now set once a week . |
4 | Unlike Aunt Kit , who believed it to be a barbaric rite , intolerable between reasonable men and women , Aunt Lilian , the headmistress , simply felt it her duty to point out that a career — any career — would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children . |
5 | ‘ you come in ere half pissed once a month , usually around midnight , and expect me to jump around for you , now you 're bringing you mates as well . ’ |
6 | Rather it suggests that intercourse was normal once a couple began to " keep company " and considered each other " promised " . |
7 | Starfield and Mellits ( 1968 ) were successful in teaching 5-year-olds to hold on to their urine for as long as possible once a day for six months and enabled one-third of the children to become dry . |
8 | Dr Neil Douglas , Director of The Scottish National Sleep Laboratory , says : ‘ Anybody who is falling asleep once a day when not in bed should consult their GP to have their sleepiness sorted out . ’ |
9 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
10 | Maybe they had time alone once a week . |
11 | From November to April wild-bird food is available once a day and nuts are suspended in a holder . |
12 | A new survey shows that one in three students gets drunk once a week and also takes drugs at parties . |
13 | I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control . |
14 | Turned blue once a year . |
15 | This does n't mean to say that that we ca n't invite other people to a special once a year meeting of this transportation working party to deal with cycle issues . |
16 | Eat sweet things only as part of a meal , then have something sweet once a day , then only on alternate days . |
17 | A three-hour three-course lunch saturated with gin and tonic , Chablis and Rémy-Martin might be enjoyable once a month , but more frequently becomes a dangerous chore . |