Sentence examples for where a once from inspiring English sources

It may well be that TV, like many another art form, has simply matured (or degenerated) to the point where a once collective taste has irretrievably dispersed.

"You're looking at a situation where a once vibrant ecosystem that offered goods and services for humanity is heading towards extinction," says Professor Guldberg.

That is especially true in this port city, where a once strong black community is in the midst of a cultural revival.

They have become drone stations, where a once multifarious body of music has been pared down and segmented in bland formats, overlaid with commercials.

Take the universe conjured in Atwood's new novel, The Heart Goes Last, where a once middle-ish class couple, now destitute, has to contend with an America undone by financial collapse.

Thus Kafka presents a bleak world where a once respectable bank clerk is suddenly prosecuted for apparently no reason at all, and does not even have the benefit of an effective lawyer to represent him.

This is a signal moment in that process: a moment where a once-respected statesman turns into a Canute-like clown".

"You in Ohio and in the Midwest know about the disastrous trade policies," he told an audience packed into a theater in Akron, where a once-thriving tire industry has experienced a major decline.

A few months back, the family moved from its home — where a once-treasured sea view had become an unrelenting reminder — when a small boat was found in the backyard, apparently hidden by more harraga planning their own trip.

Elsewhere in Latin America, the past's phantoms are resurfacing: in Guatemala, where the former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is on trial for genocide; in Argentina, whose cities are dotted with memorials to those who were "disappeared" during the "dirty war"; and in Mexico, where a once-pliant media have challenged the former president Felipe Calderón's handling of the war against drug cartels.

For most visitors, the big attraction today is the island's capital, George Town; transformed since it was awarded Unesco world heritage status into one of south-east Asia's hottest destinations, where a once-crumbling Chinatown now features heritage hotels, galleries, boutiques, bars and restaurants.