Example sentences of "were once [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were once a university lecturer ? |
| 2 | Substantial puddings like these were once a vital fuel and restorative for those who laboured in the fields . |
| 3 | Hip replacements were once a rarity : now they can be carried out easily and the call for them has escalated . |
| 4 | José Berardo has just finished restoring the almost derelict Monte Palace Hotel as a private home , together with the restoration of the lake , with its waterfalls , fountains and water cannons which were once a feature of this Victorian hotel . |
| 5 | If there 's no one present who 's been designated as minute-taker , then avoid volunteering — especially if you were once a secretary . |
| 6 | The woollen mills at Dre-fach Felindre , 10 miles away , were once a centre of the Welsh woollen industry . |
| 7 | Our refuse dumps are important feeding sites for them , and were they were once a rare sight in cities , they are now common . |
| 8 | Our battlefields were once a cathedral , silent until the congregation of mankind entered . |
| 9 | If you were once a SuperCalc 4 user you may have noticed the omission of Cell Noter when the product was upgraded . |
| 10 | The people who were once a minority in the Labour party now represent the views of the majority . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe you were once a director of a small company called Anglam Gateway Ltd ? ’ |
| 12 | James you were once a child . |
| 13 | Local traders complain the Wales 's were once a familiar sight but have been hounded off the streets by pressmen . |
| 14 | Tonight , two acres of land that were once an orchard but have now been transformed into a series of separate cottage gardens . |
| 15 | These cottages were once the abodes of the workers in the famous glove-making industry on which the town first prospered , yet it is probably tourism that is the town 's major attraction now . |
| 16 | IF the Swiss were once the masters of miniaturisation , they have surely been overtaken by the Japanese . |
| 17 | This wide boulevard forms the impressive ( some would say interminable ) Viale delle Regioni , which winds its way for miles through what were once the Milanese suburbs , and which today form an area close to the heart of metropolitan Milan . |
| 18 | The visitors were herded into two large halls , which were once the hotel ballroom and dining room . |
| 19 | In Manhattan , the famous yellow water-taxis thread their way through the grid of canals to take you directly to the landing-stage of hotels in the luxuriously converted upper storeys of what were once the city 's proudest skyscrapers . |
| 20 | I assume that all these wonder-golfers were once the proud owners of a 36 handicap , then a 35 , then a 34 . |
| 21 | ‘ After all they were once the very best of friends . |
| 22 | Coopers & Lybrand now audits the whole of the Royal Insurance global network , including the US interests that were once the domain of KPMG . |
| 23 | More and more people are turning to this type of therapy and are discovering in it many of the consolations and insights that were once the preserve of religion . |
| 24 | Medieval Scottish castles were once the homes of kings , queens and local lairds , but a three year ecological survey , commissioned by the Government agency Historic Scotland and undertaken by Northern Ecological Services , is finding new castle inhabitants . |
| 25 | IF THERE is now a certain swagger about the men — and boys — who wave the Pakistani flag , grit and jutting chins were once the order of the day . |
| 26 | Now a small town of 6,000 inhabitants , the abbey 's great scriptorium and library were once the heart of a community of 30,000 people . |
| 27 | Eventually it receded leaving the fertile marshlands stretching for more or less ten miles to the wolds , whose now gentle eastern slopes were once the exposed chalk cliffs . |
| 28 | This tour offers you a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the cultural and geographical aspects typical of Thailand : ruins of ancient towns and imposing temples that were once the glory of the country , exotic plants and wild jungle still unspoilt by the progress of time , rustic life with its simple and friendly people , rolling hills and roaring waterfalls , boat trips down the rapids and train rides , primitive hilltribes in their colourful costumes with a tradition and culture all their own . |
| 29 | Nonetheless they deserve notice and respect , for their forebears were once the most advanced and revolutionary creatures in the seas . |
| 30 | To either side of Pau are old places which were once the capital of Béarn . |