Sentence examples for could once be from inspiring English sources
Disasters could once be cast aside as a byproduct of bad baseball.
The animals could once be driven away from crops by loud noises and fires, but these deterrents no longer work.
A problem that could once be attacked with blunt military force has morphed into a sociological, state-building challenge.
"Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' could once be performed free of charge," while now, she said: "The right to perform it must be obtained in the marketplace.
IT IS hard to believe that the streets of San'ya, a Tokyo neighbourhood of liquor shops and cheap hotels, could once be controlled only by riot police.
A chart-topping single could once be counted on to drive big sales of full albums, which bring in greater royalties.
After high-pass filtering, lower input ranges could once again be used, and quantization noise was no longer limited SNR.
It would be fantastic if secondary schools could once again be staffed by teachers with university doctorates.
Things we thought were settled or at least protected could once again be in play.
Tourists visiting Oradour nowadays might well be puzzled that so powerful a memorial could have once been so divisive.
