Citizens who were once able to voice their opposition now face harassment or worse.
Once able to turn a healthy profit, Is'Haki now barely breaks even, Mr. Haj said.
Recruits were once able to sign up for the Green Berets when they enlisted.
Mr. Lipsitz was once able to navigate through narrow underground tunnels with ease, but no longer.
I was once able to alert my wife at 9 a.m. that her 3 p.m. flight was canceled.
Typical Marx: Romantic, charismatic, cosmopolitan, and at once able to combine the workers' revolution with protestations of uxoriousness.
Women here, once able to offer expert counsel at wresting welfare benefits, now help one another navigate the labor marketplace.
Tourists were also once able to meander through the arches along Chestnut Street directly into Independence Square.
Through much of that time, he has appeared a far cry from the man once able to convey tremendous power when he walked into a room.
This has been of little comfort to patients, many of whom were once able to reclaim their expenses but now have to pay themselves.
Once able to stand up, his stature, in both senses of the word, is restored and that can be just as valuable as the health and mobility benefits.
