Sentence examples for had once constituted from inspiring English sources

The exiled King Zog and Queen Geraldine of the Albanians occupied an entire floor of the Ritz, where gossip declared that they paid their bills in bullion that had once constituted the gold reserves of their nation.

Having once constituted a segment of the ancient continent of Gondwana, that land is the oldest and most geologically stable in India.

First, a philosopher who denied the existence of those things that had once been seen as constituting the subject-matter of metaphysics first causes or unchanging things would now be considered to be making thereby a metaphysical assertion.

It has alienated the independents who once constituted Mr McCain's base.

Bohuslav Sobotka, Robert Fico: Czech Republic and Slovakia  The two member states that once constituted Czechoslovakia have very similar views on all the pillars of the British renegotiation "ask".

Dubai's thrusting itself into the 21st century with such a high gloss has, unfortunately, removed most of what once constituted a historic culture, with old neighborhoods razed to make way for the new.

Though SAP makes only 2.5% of the fund's holdings now, von Gaudecker has held it since the early 1990s, and it once constituted as much as 8%.

British buyers once constituted the vast majority, but their numbers have decreased with slippage in the value of the British pound, he said.

A few cobblestoned blocks away, where bloody carcasses on hooks once constituted the entire retail landscape, DESTINATION (32-36 Little West 12th St.; 727-2031) carries outré accessories to rival whatever Jeffrey has on tap.

Where tenure once constituted a pledge to pay a person's salary for life, it now constitutes, in the acerbic definition I've heard from some medical school professors, a mere "license to go out and fund your own salary".

Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases.