Example sentences of "[adj] once [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because after all critics will say if representative democracy is n't the best practical realization of democracy but simply a sham , after all remember Russo 's comments on England , the people of England think they 're free but they 're mistaken , they 're free once every five years when they elect their rulers . |
| 2 | Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week , but otherwise is payable locally . |
| 3 | First , the European Commission in Brussels , probably because it is afraid of becoming completely superfluous once a truly free European market has been realised , is devising ways and means to regulate , or rather , deregulate , the import and export of works of art . |
| 4 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
| 5 | Head of Department : ‘ Homework is now set once a week . |
| 6 | Unlike Aunt Kit , who believed it to be a barbaric rite , intolerable between reasonable men and women , Aunt Lilian , the headmistress , simply felt it her duty to point out that a career — any career — would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children . |
| 7 | Once the rationalisation programme is in place , Waterford will be well placed to become profitable once the worldwide recession ends . |
| 8 | ‘ you come in ere half pissed once a month , usually around midnight , and expect me to jump around for you , now you 're bringing you mates as well . ’ |
| 9 | Rather it suggests that intercourse was normal once a couple began to " keep company " and considered each other " promised " . |
| 10 | Starfield and Mellits ( 1968 ) were successful in teaching 5-year-olds to hold on to their urine for as long as possible once a day for six months and enabled one-third of the children to become dry . |
| 11 | Dr Neil Douglas , Director of The Scottish National Sleep Laboratory , says : ‘ Anybody who is falling asleep once a day when not in bed should consult their GP to have their sleepiness sorted out . ’ |
| 12 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
| 13 | Maybe they had time alone once a week . |
| 14 | A flood on that scale is probable once every 56 years . |
| 15 | From November to April wild-bird food is available once a day and nuts are suspended in a holder . |
| 16 | A new survey shows that one in three students gets drunk once a week and also takes drugs at parties . |
| 17 | I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control . |
| 18 | the relative index , which became necessary once a reasonable number of subjects had been enumerated . |
| 19 | Turned blue once a year . |
| 20 | This does n't mean to say that that we ca n't invite other people to a special once a year meeting of this transportation working party to deal with cycle issues . |
| 21 | Eat sweet things only as part of a meal , then have something sweet once a day , then only on alternate days . |
| 22 | A three-hour three-course lunch saturated with gin and tonic , Chablis and Rémy-Martin might be enjoyable once a month , but more frequently becomes a dangerous chore . |
| 23 | However , a second drive forward is not permissible once a rolling maul becomes stationary . |