Sentence examples for had once displayed from inspiring English sources

There was little evidence of gunfire or destruction, except for the numerous burned and damaged billboards that had once displayed Kadafi's portraits, and whitewashed walls that had been blanketed with graffiti.

During our audits we observed empty sign holders especially on window fronts that had once displayed tobacco advertisements.

The same refers to humans: the individuals who have once displayed aggressive behavior tend to do so again [5].

They said Al Qaeda had once again displayed an ability to develop an infrastructure in a country with aggressive security forces that had managed to avoid such attacks.

One that had once proudly displayed Robbo's handiwork and survived well over two decades, despite being purposely painted just beneath the London Transport Police headquarters in Camden.

In all the years of our collaboration, Theo had never once displayed the slightest susceptibility to humor, indicating that he must long have been laying the groundwork for his mischief.

Israel has once again displayed democracy in action when its cabinet voted in favor of the "road map" for peace ("Israel Approves Bush's Road Map to New Palestine," front page, May 26).

A few steps from Cavafy's apartment was where Alexander the Great's body had once lain on display, encased in a gold sarcophagus.

In that case - the one that was settled - the collector contended that the gallery sold him the painting, by Mark Tansey, in 2009 without telling him that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the work had once been on display, already owned 31 percent of it and had been promised by Mrs. Cowles, who owned the rest, that the museum would eventually get the whole thing.

The case is highlighted with gilt mouldings, and the interior of the lid bears a broad gilt band surrounding a gilt lettered motto: "MUSICA MAGNORUM, SOLAMEN EST DULCE LABORUM" (Music is the sweet reward of great labours). It should be noted that this instrument is closely modeled on the Hoffmann clavichord (also on display), which had once been in Dolmetsch's possession.

All the things I had once adored about him — his creativity, his sincerity — were on display.