Example sentences of "which once [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision comes as an embarrassment to the Scottish Office , which once planned opting-out as a centrepiece of its schools policy but has had to veto both the Yes votes so far — favouring Labour-run local authorities over parents . |
| 2 | Almost all the coral which once surrounded Japan 's southern islands has been destroyed by pollution caused by soil erosion , and rising sea temperatures threaten to kill the world 's remaining blue coral . |
| 3 | A journey which once took weeks by camel lasted half a day in a fast motor such as a Range-Rover , rarely more than four days in the most heavily laden truck . |
| 4 | places , of quiet which once made Saints |
| 5 | C–FOBE , presently operated by Green Airways out of Red Lake , flies with the metal wings of C–FUDD , which once frequented Red Lake , but now flies fitted with standard Norseman wings with Coyote Air Service , based at Fox Point Bay , up in the Yukon territories . |
| 6 | Large and cavernous , The Ritz is a genuine twenties dancehall which once played host to all the giants of the jazz era . |
| 7 | In general , the materials which can be dated by radiocarbon are those which once formed part of the biosphere , and hence are organic . |
| 8 | Building on the core collection which once formed part of the outstanding collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence , Parker built up the Ashmolean prints and drawings collection into one of the world 's finest . |
| 9 | But the Jesuits broke the agreement ; you can see the consoles on the first and second storeys which once held statues . |
| 10 | Grampian Regional Council is planning to join forces with Kincardine and Deeside District Council to reinstate the Causey Mounth , the road which once linked Stonehaven and Aberdeen , as a public right of way . |
| 11 | The Mitterrand ‘ current ’ or faction , which once controlled 60% of the party , has split . |
| 12 | To crown it all , I now read in my newspaper that we are living in ‘ the post-feminist era ’ which I take to mean either that the battle is won — a view informed by the same kind of stupidity which once encouraged Macmillan to proclaim ‘ we 're all middle-class now ’ — or that feminism is a spent force and has slipped back into obscurity for another sixty years of oblivion . |
| 13 | The flats are the only relic of the lost Lake Bonneville , which once covered parts of Utah , Nevada and Idaho to a depth of 1,000 feet . |
| 14 | A LITTLE more light has come into the lives of children at a Romanian hospital with the arrival of a BNFL generator which once provided back-up power for Capenhurst 's E21 centrifuge plant . |
| 15 | Today when you look down from the top of the mountain which once provided jobs for 85 per cent of the male population you 're looking down on one of the poorest cities in Bolivia.When the price of tin crashed on the world markets in 1985 the state mines were closed down and 25,000 people lost their jobs . |
| 16 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 17 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |