Example sentences of "but once the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opposition of Scipio Nasica to the destruction of Carthage figures so prominently in this account by Diodorus — and therefore by Posidonius — because he was thought to have foreseen the possibility of civil war in Rome if Carthage were to be eliminated : " but once the rival city was destroyed , it was only too evident that there would be civil war at home and that hatred for the governing power would spring up among all the allies because of the rapacity and lawlessness to which the Roman magistrates would subject them " ( 34.33.5 transl . |
| 2 | It was such a simple thing , but once the straight end was threaded through the loop to make a noose it became a murderous weapon . |
| 3 | Still only 24 , he was currently campaigning in the Low Countries , but once the allied army on the Continent had gone into winter quarters he was brought home and his arrival in England , on 19 October , caused morale to soar . |
| 4 | But once the rural population became fully integrated into industrial work , capitalist societies have shown a markedly different development . |
| 5 | Initially the townspeople were sceptical , but once the new water had tickled their tastebuds they took to it like the proverbial duck . |
| 6 | It stopped the initial rush of water for a while , but once the large depression around the barrier had filled , like a bowl filling before your eyes , the tide would roar on down the trough on the other side of the barrier . |
| 7 | But once the Parliamentary material was brought to our attention , it seemed to me , as , I believe , to others of your Lordships who had heard the appeal first argued , to raise an acute question as to whether it could possibly be right to give effect to taxing legislation in such a way as to impose a tax which the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , during the passage of the Bill containing the relevant provision , had , in effect , assured the House of Commons it was not intended to impose . |
| 8 | That turned out to be true , but once the initial markdown had occurred the Footsie index traded in a fairly narrow band all day , although the number of transactions and the volume of shares traded held up strongly . |
| 9 | But once the bleak regime of institutionalised care hits young people , the relief of being away from an unhappy family situation sours into feelings of failure and rejection . |
| 10 | But once the basic theme of the picture has been agreed upon , Dr Fitzhugh makes no further input to the work . |