Sentence examples for once important from inspiring English sources

Patna and Darbhanga were once important centers of civilization.

The Bordeaux influence was once important in Rioja.

What was once important is now unimportant; what once excited has vanished in the sands.

Waterways, once important avenues of transport, are now of little significance in Jharkhand.

Barbiturates, once important for lessening labour pains, are now only rarely administered during labour.

Gold mining, once important around Kaiama and Bussa, is no longer significant.

The once-important east-west routes across the inner-German boundary were either removed or neglected.

The once-important herring fisheries have declined and have been replaced to some extent by the whitefish.

The town's once-important cloth trade is first mentioned in 1334; carpet manufacture replaced that of woolen goods in 1735.

When Hugo, the editor of the magazine, asked me to write this, I assumed I would be describing the decline of a once-important region with the occasional residual sprinkling of wealth.

Even following two of its largest exchanges suffering from technical issues, and a once-important exchange implode publicly.