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 at a target, DS1 senses the particle environment with the PEPE ( Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration ) instrument.

Once players have mastered these basic strokes, they can hit the shuttlecock from and to any part of the court, powerfully and softly as required.

Once the particles have accelerated to the required energies, separate electron and positron beams are brought into collision.

Once this improved sensor was available, Geiger counter instruments could be produced relatively cheaply because the large output pulse required little electronic processing to give a count rate reading, which was a distinct advantage in the thermionic valve era due to valve cost and power consumption.

Once again he was required to compose numerous cantatas, not only for the churches but also for civic ceremonies ; he also gave public concerts, led another collegium musicum, and assumed the directorship of the opera house Gänsemarktoper.

Once the thyroid function is reduced, replacement hormone therapy taken orally each day may easily provide the required amount of thyroid hormone the body needs.

Once the vicious circle of hyperinflation has been ignited, dramatic policy means are almost always required, simply raising interest rates is insufficient.

Once the nucleosynthesis process arrives at iron-56, the continuation of this process consumes energy ( the addition of fragments to nuclei releases less energy than required to break them off the parent nuclei ).

Once this was done and all citizens were registered, he required all Japanese to stay in their respective han ( fiefs ) unless they obtained official permission to go elsewhere.

Once the commanding general determined to assail the enemy, duty required Longstreet to comply with the vigor and thoroughness that had previously characterized his generalship.

Once care moves beyond the services required by the Canada Health Act — for which universal comprehensive coverage applies — there is inconsistency from province to province in the extent of publicly funded coverage, particularly for such items as outpatient drug coverage and rehabilitation, as well as vision care, mental health, and long-term care, with a substantial portion of such services being paid for privately, either through private insurance, or out-of-pocket.

Once the panels are sewn together ( often by triple-stitch method ), the sailmakers complete the sail by placing the finishing elements such as the leech and foot lines, protective patches in the areas where the sail will scrape against hardware ( stanchions, spreaders ), steel rings and straps at the tack and clew, cleats, batten pockets ( if required ) and sail numbers.

Once this document, called a Qualification Approval Guide ( QAG ), has been approved, all future devices conforming to the QAG are automatically approved and individual evaluation is neither required nor available.

Once, Ambarisha performed the Dvadasi Vratha, which required that the king must start a fast on Ekadashi and break it at the start of Dvadasi and feed all the people.

Once the position is covered, the short seller will not be affected by any subsequent rises or falls in the price of the securities, as he already holds the securities required to repay the lender.

Once part of Barrington, Strafford was set off due to the lengthy travel required to attend town meetings.

Once the video is in the computer it can be edited and subtitles applied with minimal or no loss of quality, compared to the playback-recording cycle required in traditional fansubbing.

Once the plane reached, he announced " V1 ", indicating that they had reached the velocity at which it was no longer safe to abort the take off, and Captain Rayment listened out for the call of " V2 " (), the minimum speed required to get the plane off the ground.

Once the axioms were clarified ( that inverse elements should be required, for example ), the subject could proceed autonomously, without reference to the transformation group origins of those studies.

Once these measures are in place, routine monitoring is required.

Once a person begins puberty, they are required to perform salah and other obligations of Islam.

Once young men began working in mines and other colonial businesses, they gained the means to increase the lobolo, leading elders to increase the value required for lobolo in order to maintain their control.

Once a fault is detected, contacts within the circuit breaker must open to interrupt the circuit ; some mechanically-stored energy ( using something such as springs or compressed air ) contained within the breaker is used to separate the contacts, although some of the energy required may be obtained from the fault current itself.

Once connected to the network, public keys are automatically exchanged amongst members ( provided enough of the members are set to forward and accept public keys ), and nodes will then attempt to connect to each other, strengthening the network ( decreasing the odds that any one node going down will collapse or shut out any part of the network ), as well as increasing the number of possible routes from any given point to any other point, decreasing latency and bandwidth required for communication and file transfer.

Once victims were in his control, Petiot told them that Argentine officials required all entrants to the country to be inoculated against disease, and with this excuse injected them with cyanide.

Once spotted by assistant umpire Sir Matthew Pinsent, both boats were required to stop for safety reasons.