Sentence examples for Once preferred from inspiring English sources

Once preferred initial conditions were established, we assessed the degree and rate of Mn II) oxidation mediated by the combined QXT-31 strains (henceforth referred to as simply 'QXT-31') in three different water types: groundwater, domestic sewage and coking wastewater.

The Tories once preferred the "right" kind of money and power; now any money and power will do.

The Army athletic teams would always be called the Black Knights, and the once preferred use of the Cadets discouraged.

Instead, let us remind Lord Leveson that a brother judge once preferred the elegant euphemism "an unreliable witness", and leave it at that.

It was never their intention to come into this series with only four front-line bowlers but if it works one last time it may be some while before they resort to their once preferred policy of five bowlers.

Jockey and trainer once preferred the latter.

He visited the student union bar once, preferring to spend evenings counting badger droppings in the New Forest.

Investors shook off interest rate worries for once, preferring to concentrate on a spate of takeover speculation surrounding the likes of Whitbread and Sainsbury's.

On The Stepsisters' Lament from Rodgers and Hammerstein's little-known Cinderella, musical she empathises with the comical wails of the ugly sisters ("why can't a fella ever once prefer a solid girl like me?").

If Mannone – once again preferred to Costel Pantilimon in Sunderland's goal – seemed pleased to palm the resultant header to safety, Allardyce was still assessing the fallout from an enforced reconfiguration of his side in the wake of Jack Rodwell's latest injury.

On Friday, Feb. 23, traders once again preferred to turn their sights to the put side, which is consistent with the big put accumulations that tend to take place the week after expiration and consistent with a market that is under pressure as a result.