Example sentences of "[that] was once [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I write at the top of the house , in an attic that was once a housemaid 's bedroom . |
| 2 | Gosstandard , a body that was once a bane of exporters to the Soviet Union has again raised its ugly head . |
| 3 | PWI — with COSE at its side — will attempt to claim the high moral ground over the issue of open specifications and is likely to cast Microsoft in a mantle that was once the preserve of IBM . |
| 4 | The Public Windows Initiative — with the Common Open Software Environment at its side — will attempt to claim the high moral ground over the issue of open specifications and is likely to cloak Microsoft in a mantle that was once the preserve of IBM . |
| 5 | A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … . |
| 6 | of an old walled garden that was once the world . |