Once ( this was on the third day of school ) she kneeled down to pick up some books where they'd dropped on the floor and Jack looked up her dress -- at the bare expanse of incredibly white leg.

Once the scene is set, Trevelyan skilfully builds up the tense story until it reaches its climax in the dramatic victory of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Blenheim.

Once many years ago I sat at dinner next to Arthur Train, and the subject of The Nation came up.

Once, sitting at the front window in his parents' room, he saw Kate come out of her house.

Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.

Once, they were at Easthampton for the summer ( again, Fritzie said, a good place, even though they were being robbed ).

Once these conditions of international law are met, countries that try to run the blockade do so at their own risk.

They could still read the opening: `` Once, I was like you, stepping out of my window at the end of day, and letting the winds blow me gently toward the place I lived in.

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Once this condition is met, it is sufficient that local bonding at the specimen surface is capable of being overcome by the field, allowing for evaporation of an atom from the surface to which it is otherwise bonded.

Once " stand off " nuclear weapon designs were developed, bombers did not need to pass over the target at high altitude to make an attack ; they could fire and turn away to escape the blast.

Once the posting process is complete, accounts kept using the " T " format undergo balancing, which is simply a process to arrive at the balance of the account.

Once the Ionian revolt was finally crushed by the Persian victory at the Battle of Lade, Darius began plans to subjugate Greece.

Once a prototype has passed the tests at a certification lab, and that model is being constructed under the control of a certified quality system, the device is entitled to bear a CE mark, indicating that the device is believed to be safe and reliable when used as directed.

Once judges began to regard each other's decisions to be binding precedent, the pre-Norman system of local customs and law varying in each locality was replaced by a system that was ( at least in theory, though not always in practice ) common throughout the whole country, hence the name " common law.

Once the ray either encounters a light source, or more probably once a set limiting number of bounces has been evaluated, then the surface illumination at that final point is evaluated using techniques described above, and the changes along the way through the various bounces evaluated to estimate a value observed at the point of view.

Once again, however, trade speculation dominated the headlines at the winter meetings, this time surrounding Padres ' ace Jake Peavy, which, much like the Brian Roberts talks a year earlier, resulted in nothing.

Once at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.

Once Chuck Peddle had taken over engineering at Commodore, he convinced Jack Tramiel that calculators were already a dead end and that they should turn their attention to home computers.

Once accepted there can be no further award for compensation at a later time unless the claim is settled by provisional damages often found in industrial injury claims such as asbestos related injuries.

Once the pressure is lowered to the vapor pressure of the compound ( at the given temperature ), boiling and the rest of the distillation process can commence.

Once again, qualification is based on achieving minimum scores at earlier competitions ( in this case, within the 12 months preceding the national championships, and in an Open age group event ), or high placements in previous national championships or international competitions.

Once close to the target, the second chamber of the engine ( 6, 000 lb ) would accelerate the missile to Mach 3.

Once the striker's ball goes through its target hoop, it is again entitled to roquet the other balls once.

Once the depression is alleviated, or at least under control, the patient is better able to focus on treatments that target the aphasia than if the order of treatments was reversed.

Once Niger was neutralised however, Severus turned on his ally in Britannia — though it is likely that Albinus saw he would be the next target and was already preparing for war.

Once again the target was Egypt.

Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target.

Once folded, the protein is modified as needed ( for example, by glycosylation ), then transported to the Golgi apparatus for further processing and goes to its target organelles or is retained in the ER by various ER retention mechanisms.

Once the travellers had allowed the Thugs to join them and disperse amongst them-a task which might sometimes, depending on the size of the target group, require accompaniment for hundreds of miles-the Thugs would wait for a suitable place and time before killing and robbing them.

Once out of the target, the vapour of radioactive atoms travels to an ionizer cavity.

Once the target is identified, the missile needs no further guidance during flight ; it is " fire-and-forget ", and the missile operator is free to retreat.

Once the target station has heard the call and responded, a bell or other signalling device will notify both operators that a link has been established.

Once researchers identify a particular target on the pathogen, they can synthesize quantities of identical " monoclonal " antibodies to link up that target.

Once the computer knows where the gun is pointed, it can tell through collision detection if it coincides with the target or not.

Once an investor knows the target index of an index fund, what securities the index fund will hold can be determined directly.

Once hostilities begin, target selection often moves into the upper end of the military chain of command.

Once the administrator has entered the correct password, the remote desktop software enables that administrator to access the target computer.

Once axons reach their target areas, activity-dependent mechanisms come into play.

Once a fund has reached its fundraising target, it will have a final close.

Once discharged from the weapon, the bullet's energy decays throughout its flight, until the remainder is dissipated by colliding with a target ( e. g. deforming the bullet and target ).

Once I have my own opinion ( perhaps resulting from acceptance of others ' evaluations ) about a target, I will use it to make decisions about my future actions concerning that target.