Example sentences of "once it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Shah 's regime was a transplant that the system had rejected : ‘ The rejection of a transplant — once it begins , the process is irreversible . |
| 2 | The meaning of democracy shifts even further once it is interpreted within the terms of the Calvinist principle of the Godly society , where it is the lot of the just to assume power and to guide the citizens in the paths of righteousness . |
| 3 | A project is a project , he wrote , and once it is begun it should be carried through to the end , regardless of doubts about meaning , doubts about long runs , or doubts about anything else , unless the body screams for you to stop , of course one can not go on for long against the screaming of the body , but then that merely means one has miscalculated , it merely means one has begun too soon or too late or perhaps that the entire project was a miscalculation . |
| 4 | While stainless is tough and harder to scratch in the first place , once it does become marked the scratch is permanent , unlike a mark on silver-plated cutlery which can be removed by re-plating . |
| 5 | The airbrakes can then be reduced once it is clear that the glider will not overshoot with full airbrake . |
| 6 | The effect is accentuated if the c.g. is near the aft limit and , in some cases , it is doubtful whether there is sufficient elevator authority to stop the pitching once it has gone beyond the early stages . |
| 7 | Once it crosses the centre-line it can only be used immediately as a back fist . |
| 8 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 9 | She said , ‘ ( a ) it hardly takes up any room once it 's folded . |
| 10 | The Commissioner states in his report : ‘ Because it seemed to me that the Minister 's letter implied that the NHS had an absolute duty to provide care for the complainant 's father once it became clear that he could no longer meet the nursing home fees , I asked the DoH for clarification of the legal position and invited their general views . ’ |
| 11 | Once it 's properly launched , where everyone can see it , you wo n't have to worry too much about rocking the boat , ’ he said . |
| 12 | However , there are doubts about how much of the Deloitte client list will be left intact once it has left the international organisation . |
| 13 | THE BANK of England yesterday spent a reported $1bn after the pound came under sustained attack once it became clear that an increase in West German interest rates today is almost certain . |
| 14 | Will there be enough parking provision and will the development cause traffic problems once it is complete ? |
| 15 | THE ABILITY of the electricity industry to keep the lights burning once it is privatised was thrown into confusion yesterday . |
| 16 | ‘ We can achieve such reforms on Lebanese soil once it is free of any conqueror imposing his will on it , ’ the general said last night . |
| 17 | And once it 's gone it 's gone . ’ |
| 18 | How can the blowing of such a bubble , and , once it was inflated and released , its durability , be accounted for ? |
| 19 | Heterosexuality , once it is exposed as an exchange of women between men , reveals itself as a mediated form of homosexuality . |
| 20 | In the Westland affair her management of Cabinet was an issue , once it emerged that staff at Number 10 had connived with Leon Brittan 's office to leak selections from a confidential letter from the Solicitor General to damage Mr Heseltine . |
| 21 | But do n't dilly-dally for too long ; once it 's published we are all going to look a little risible if we have made no adjustments to what is after all known as being predominantly my own design of gallery . |
| 22 | They might make an incidental contribution to crop production by agreeing to graze their herds over settled farmers ' land once it had been harvested . |
| 23 | The fireplan would be under the control of the company once it moved from its final assault position on to the enemy position . |
| 24 | The forest also recycles nutrients and once it has gone all fertility goes with it . |
| 25 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 26 | Education is statutory , but once it is over such youngsters are legally entitled to nothing . |
| 27 | Alliance & Leicester 's general manager Peter White confirmed that his society remains committed to the possibility of converting to a PLC , once it finds it is unable to carry out its strategic plans as a mutual . |
| 28 | Once it has decided what the text is ‘ about ’ , it queries each apparently new or discordant topic or action , and amends its database from the writer 's response . |
| 29 | But of all of these , Integrated Pollution Control is the only significant measure aimed at preventing pollution at source rather than dealing with it once it has reached the environment . |
| 30 | Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam once it becomes clear that forced repatriation is working smoothly , and that Hanoi keeps to its side of the bargain , not to punish boat people who are deported from Hong Kong . |