Example sentences of "they once did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Situationist texts are widely available ( and with these publications adding to the list ) it is ironic that they seem less crucial than they once did . |
| 2 | Americans certainly use lots of energy , but less prodigiously than they once did . |
| 3 | There is another way in which trade figures today mean less than they once did . |
| 4 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
| 5 | The African national parks are shrinking and animals can no longer roam as they once did ; and poachers run riot . |
| 6 | ’ And although the old folk do not sit around the fire any more telling stories as they once did — many of the yarns told by Mr Murray 's own father have found their way into his poetry — there are always the excitements and discoveries of the present by way of compensation . |
| 7 | The wealth of fiction available from that source has even scared evening newspaper editors off using short stories , let alone crime short stories , as they once did almost every day . |
| 8 | If they would only return to playing with their undoubted flair and to enjoying the game as they once did . |
| 9 | American car companies now reckon they will use about half the number of suppliers they once did . |
| 10 | While the TNCs from the United States no longer dominate these sectors as they once did , they are still the leaders in a wide variety of fields and even when they are not the leaders it tends to be ‘ American ’ cultural products or local adaptations of them that are on offer . |
| 11 | The fact is that there are so many things which interest children now , and comics do n't have the place they once did . |