Example sentences of "[was/were] once [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells me that there were once herds of antelope , thousands strong , roaming these plains . |
| 2 | 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 . ) |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This week the borough council is set to grant permission for demolition work to begin on sheds and outbuildings which were once part of British Rail 's Motive Diesel site . |
| 5 | This week the borough council is set to grant permission for demolition work to begin on sheds and outbuildings which were once part of British Rail 's Motive Diesel site . |
| 6 | Later generations were frequently reminded that they were once members of a slave community whom the Lord had mercifully redeemed from bondage . |
| 7 | ‘ But the Dharjees were once members of the Nizari Ismailis , who are themselves a breakaway sect of the Shiite Muslims . |
| 8 | The ( ahem ) mirror-smooth coffee-table sheen of the Mondays ' ‘ Yes Please ’ conjures up little but complacency and water-treading : Shaun and co were once kings of the dirty , demonic rhythmscape , now the New FADs have moved in on their old manor and staked whole new claims in the still fertile soil of rock-dance crossover . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With his brothers Gary , Phil and Dennis , he was once part of a fresh-faced showbusiness act , the Crosby Boys , which lasted until 1959 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm told the school was once part of the mainland . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The line was once part of a longer route that ran to Sheffield , using the Woodhead tunnel under the Pennines . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One theory is that the town was once part of a vast cosmic Zodiac which radiated from Stonehenge . |
| 17 | The studio was once part of a railway company property and that is where the old railwayman comes in . |
| 18 | Little Gibson , 29 , and so forgotten that he trains alone , was once part of Terry Phelan 's £2.3 million move to Manchester City . |
| 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 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Item 2 is the brass scroll which was once part of the Royal Warwickshire regiment 's cap badge . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't worry … this whole area was once part of a vast forest . |
| 25 | The main opposition comes from the Group N Ford Escort Cosworths of Daniel Alonso ( 3rd ) and Jesus Puras ( 5th ) as well as Borja Moratal ( 4th ) , who was once part of the Meeke team but is now driving for Peugeot . |
| 26 | And , did they but know it , they will also play before an accountant in a waxed jacket who was once king of the line-out in Nairobi . |
| 27 | Which holder of the Bulgarian Peoples Republic Order Stara Planina ( 1st class ) was once chairman of the House of Commons Catering Sub-Committee ? |
| 28 | Mr Guo , who like Mr Wang was a Beijing University student , was once chairman of the Beijing Students Autonomous Federation , one of the main groups orchestrating the protests that took over central Beijing 's vast Tiananmen Square , the symbol of Communist Party power . |
| 29 | It will be interesting to see how President Bush deals with the continuing hostage/Contra problem , particularly as he was once head of the CIA . |
| 30 | He should know ; he was once warden of the remote island of Skokholm off the Pembrokeshire coast . |