Sentence examples for were once off from inspiring English sources

I could visit regions that were once off limits.

Many matsutake patches were once off limits to all but members of the imperial court, in the early harvest season.

But reading "Memoirs" is the next-best thing — it's like having a few stiff drinks with Tennessee on one of his good nights as he tells you juicy stories that were once off the record.

Roaming through the labs and chatting informally with their Russian counterparts in areas that were once off limits to anyone not wearing special suits, the scientists discussed the research into peaceful goals, including tuberculosis, anthrax vaccines and molecular genetics.

Another is the fact that in the mid-'80s, the agency's third female commissioner, Jacqueline McMickens, began assigning female guards to all-male jails that were once off limits to them.

It is the silly season, but with more continental press attention to official corruption as well as tomfoolery, the rules appear to be changing in Europe, too, and even in France, where the private lives of politicians were once off limits.

Jokes that were once off-limits when you were around were shared.

Since parents have become more adventurous, aided by the standardization of travel to once-remote locales, destinations that were once off-limits for youngsters are now popular for family travelers.

There are many other travel destinations around the world that were once off-limits or plagued by war and violence but now draw Americans with Nikons and Visa cards instead of M-16s.

Amenta says that since SiTE LAB adopted Rumsey Street, spaces that were once off-limits due to crime are increasingly family friendly.

In the mindset of the authorities, project proponents and threat assessors, ESIAs are once-off project approval exercises, rather than tools to protect people, the environment and the project over its lifetime (Mentis 2010).