Sentence examples for which once viewed from inspiring English sources

The Chinese Ministry of Culture, which once viewed rock as "spiritual pollution," finally approved the concerts in early February.

Fantasy breeds obsession, which is fine by the N.F.L., which once viewed the hobby with suspicion as a potential outlet for gambling.

It is an extraordinary switch of loyalties on the part of a political grouping which once viewed Rafsanjani as an object of scorn.

Increasingly, however, a lot of the money comes from pension funds and insurance companies, which once viewed hedge funds with the utmost suspicion, but after the dismal stockmarket of 2000-02, canowt now invest quickly enough.

As Mr. Xi starts his second term, the Chinese government, which once viewed the internet primarily as a threat to its stranglehold on information, is harnessing big tech companies' capital and knowledge to realize its broader goals for the country.

This was the tale of a videotape, which, once viewed, caused the viewer to die within a week — six and a half days longer, by the way, than the time it took me to slip into a vegetative state after accidentally watching a tape of "Forrest Gump".

And Mr. McCain's support of the surge in Iraq, which was once viewed as a political liability, grew to be viewed more favorably as conditions improved.

Even Biden's frequent rhetorical slips, which were once viewed strictly as a liability for Obama, are now seen as humorous and endearing.

Tattoos, which were once viewed in pediatrics as evidence of a somewhat marginal and high-risk lifestyle, have become sufficiently mainstream that it is now possible to hear college students talk of marking their individuality by not getting tattooed.

Today's announcement was taken by some analysts as a further sign of a shifting corporate culture at Unilever, which was once viewed as a slow-moving dinosaur with little appetite for radical change.

I've read similar arguments (espoused before my time) defending slavery, which was once viewed as the only practical way to harvest cotton.