Once, then -- for how many years or how few does not matter -- my world was bound round by fences, when I was too small to reach the apple tree bough, to twist my knee over it and pull myself up.

Once she has made up her mind, the queen starts out by constructing, in her chosen abode, a small `` floor '' of dried grass or some woolly material.

Once, in New York, he had gone flying with some friends in a small private airplane with a single engine.

Once a small Persian Gulf sheikhdom known locally as a center for pearl diving and boat construction, Kuwait came to international prominence in the post-World War II era largely because of its enormous oil revenues.

Once part of the French Colonial Empire, the Louisiana Territory stretched from present-day Mobile Bay to just north of the present-day Canadian border, and included a small part of what is now southwestern Canada.

Once there, a series of chemical reactions ( the Sabatier reaction coupled with electrolysis ) would be used to combine a small amount of hydrogen ( 8 tons ) carried by the Earth Return Vehicle with the carbon dioxide of the Martian atmosphere to create up to 112 tonnes of methane and oxygen.

Once on Mars, the crew would spend 18 months on the surface, carrying out a range of scientific research, aided by a small rover vehicle carried aboard their Mars Habitat Unit, and powered by the methane produced by the Earth Return Vehicle.

Once the ballots are counted and bound together, they are burned in a special stove erected in the Sistine Chapel, with the smoke escaping through a small chimney visible from St. Peter's Square.

Once activated, these exchange factors can activate more small G proteins, thus amplifying the receptor's initial signal.

Once in the small intestine, the enzyme enteropeptidase activates it into trypsin by proteolytic cleavage.

Once the model of a molecule's structure has been finalized, it is often deposited in a crystallographic database such as the Cambridge Structural Database ( for small molecules ), the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database ( ICSD ) ( for inorganic compounds ) or the Protein Data Bank ( for protein structures ).

Once it was one of the most important small kingdoms of South Arabia.

Pullman has published two short stories related to His Dark Materials: " Lyra and the Birds ", which appears with accompanying illustrations in the small hardcover book Lyra's Oxford ( 2003 ), and " Once Upon a Time in the North " ( 2008 ).

Once ionized, the xenon ions typically have a charge of + 1, though a small fraction (~ 20 %) are + 2.

Once a flourishing small community with a lighthouse, the island was destroyed by coastal erosion and now exists as a shoal that is exposed at low tide.

Once the first weapon power-up is collected, two small ships appear above and below the ZIG, and follow its exact movements.

Once other investigations have indicated Wilson's disease, the ideal test is the removal of a small amount of liver tissue through a liver biopsy.

Once the go-ahead had been given, a small team was put together to implement Wilson's model in hardware.

Once they gained a small foothold on land, thanks to their preadaptations and being at the right place at the right time, favourable variations in their descendants would gradually result in continuing evolution and diversification.

Once Meg and John are married, Meg becomes “ dependent ” on him and “ isolated in her little cottage with two small children .”

* Once ingested, the larva will remain dug into a villus in the small intestine for about 2 – 3 days until it is fully developed for migration to the ileo-cecum section of the gastrointestinal tract.

Once dominated by local Coyotes charging relatively small sums, the business landscape has changed as larger, well-organized syndicates have entered the smuggling industry in Mexico.

Once a mistletoe plant has established itself on a branch, the usual treatment is to prune away the branch if it is a small one.

Once this obstruction occurs, the appendix subsequently becomes filled with mucus and swells, increasing pressures within the lumen and the walls of the appendix, resulting in thrombosis and occlusion of the small vessels, and stasis of lymphatic flow.

Once dressed, the family and the small circle of servants who had remained with them were herded into a small room in the house's sub-basement and told to wait.

Once Christianity was established, the Catholic Church became the focal point for village activities and Guam became a regular port-of-call for the Spanish galleons that crossed the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to the Philippines.

Once in an area of great wealth, the demise of the mediaeval wool trade was indirectly the saving of the village, ( as we know it today ), since the locals were unable to afford the expense of upgrading their houses with the latest architectural fashions.

Once clear of the tunnel, the canal passes Blisworth village and reaches Gayton Junction where the Northampton Arm branches off to the east.

Once over 500 m long, the Roman Kemer Bridge crossed the upper reaches of the river near the present-day village of Kemer.

Once a major center for wooden boat building, the village remains a commercial and recreational center.

Once over 2, 000 residents, the village now has approximately 300 citizens.

Once the home of a thriving barrel-making industry which depleted the nearby virgin forests Mill Shoals had primarily been an agriculture village until 1939 when oil was discovered in the area.

Once Brooklyn Township, the township split in 1860 with the southeastern village incorporating into Brooklyn Center and Crystal.

Once named " Batavia ," the village received its current name because it was the midway point between Painesville and Warren.

Once occupied by a Monongahela village, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Once termed Skippackville, the village served residents of Skippack with a post office, fire house, printing house, shirt factory, furniture maker, blacksmith, liquor store, a hat store and several inns including the Valley House now called " Justin's Carriage House ".

Once located at the juncture of Clinton Road and Vanderbilt Court, it was moved in 1989 to its current location in the heart of the village at 230 Seventh Street.

Once again, Marshal Ney became distracted and decided to seize the village of Preititz, and thus lost sight of the strategic importance of cutting off the allies.

Once they reached the vicinity of the village church, the Saxons were steadily met by the third battalion of infantry regiment 17 and the attack at once broke down, with the attackers forced to take shelter in the buildings nearby.

Once a year a dzong or important village may hold a religious festival, or Tsechu.

Once, at a village festival, he astonished everyone by playing the viol beautifully.

Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of Vaughan to the west and the city of Markham to the east.

Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council.

Once the railway had put the village on the map, the next step was to improve road access, and more importantly, to alleviate the adverse effects of the annual floods which frequently resulted in the village being cut off from the rest of the county.

Once the order was given, the commander of one of Shadmi's battalions, Major Shmuel Malinki, who was in charge of the Border Guard unit at the village of Kafr Qasim, asked Shadmi on how to react to those villagers who were unaware of the curfew.

Once again Askern changed direction and became a thriving pit village, which welcomed people from all over the country to work and live in its area, giving the town a mixed background.

Once the insurgency began, the schools were all that remained, indicating that the Maoists had seized control of the village.

Once the manorial estate of the village, it is now owned by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and home to Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre.