Sentence examples for once a much from inspiring English sources

The America's Cup was once a much stronger draw.

He is happy to show off his home, explaining that it was once a much more lively place.

As of last week, 150 House districts had been polled at least once, a much higher figure than in past years.

Mars was once a much warmer, wetter place, with pools of saltwater that sometimes flowed across the surface, scientists reported Tuesday.

The second bedroom has some odd angles because the apartment was carved out of what was once a much bigger space.

BLOCKS of refined red brick Federalist and Georgian mercantile buildings and dazzling centuries-old white mansions announce that Newburyport, now the smallest coastal city in Massachusetts, with just 17,000 residents, was once a much more prominent place.

Once a much-emulated and coveted darling of the technology industry, Sony is a shadow of its former self, its problems mirroring a wider decline in the Japanese consumer electronics industry.

As all the world knows, this was once a much-cherished project of the late Stanley Kubrick, based on a 1969 short story by Brian Aldiss, which Kubrick in his lifetime urged Spielberg to direct under his aegis.

Watford's training ground – at least once a much-changed team had played out the midweek defeat at West Ham – was a hive of activity and excitement as preparation stepped up for their visit to Wembley.

But Microsoft was slow to integrate Yammer into its existing products, and nowadays Yammer, which was once a much-talked-about startup, doesn't often get mentioned in Silicon Valley.

Xiaomi was once a much-watched juggernaut in the world of mobile phones, with many wondering if it had what it took to unseat those who have been at the top of the smartphone game for years now, namely Samsung and Apple.