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 an inlet of the Gulf of Tonkin, it has been filled in by the enormous alluvial deposits of the rivers over a period of millennia, and it advances one hundred meters into the Gulf annually.

The enormous size of the Leviathan is described by R. Johanan, from whom proceeded nearly all the aggadot concerning this monster: " Once we went in a ship and saw a fish which put his head out of the water.

Once found in enormous flocks, they are still to be seen in their thousands.

Once land for cemeteries and memorials had been guaranteed, the enormous task of recording the details of the dead could begin.

Once they arrived at the bottom of the cliff they had an enormous climb to make up rope ladders while receiving a barrage of machinegun fire from the Germans above.

Once a year New Alresford holds a festival on the third Sunday in May which attracts an enormous crowd ; there is a street market with locally made food on sale and usually cookery demonstrations.

Once again, differing local conditions and political restraints have had an enormous effect on how air interdiction was conducted and the degree to which it was successful.

After the enormous success of its predecessor, Capitol rounded up the few remaining early hits that were not released on Endless Summer, as well as some worthy album tracks, in addition to two rare singles, " The Little Girl I Once Knew " and " Break Away ".

Once in Rome, Francesco becomes stunned by the enormous wealth, power, lust and emptiness that surrounds the throne of St. Peter.

Once the plants grow to full height, their enormous leaves shade out all the space below them, preventing any other plant from growing nearby.

Once animated, the Destroyer has enormous physical strength ( exceeding even that of Thor ) and seems to be indestructible.

Once more he lifted Jess's gun from its holster, only this time he tossed it into the stall with the frightened buckskin.

Once again life went its serene way -- soirees, fox hunts, balls and dinners.

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 programmed, it is able to choreograph its motions and gestures with its voice.

Once on course towards the Moon, the crew put the spacecraft into a rotisserie " barbecue " mode in which the craft rotated along its long axis three times per hour to ensure even heat distribution about the spacecraft from the Sun.

Once the operator took his finger off, the player would speed up until its tachometer was back in phase with the master, and as this happened, the phasing effect would appear to slide up the frequency spectrum.

Once the adhesive and the adherend are in close proximity, molecular interactions, such as van der Waals forces, become involved in the bond, contributing significantly to its ultimate strength.

Once the account exceeded its quotas, it was automatically disabled, but the messages were still saved as they arrived.

Once it is built, the builder walks away, and it stands on its own accord.

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

Once interrupt servicing is complete, the context in effect before the interrupt occurred is restored so that the interrupted process can resume execution in its proper state.

It lends its name to the 1960 musical Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, which is based on T. H. White's literary version of the legend, The Once and Future King.

Once completed, both the engine and its printer worked flawlessly, and still do.

Once the system can be solved, given an initial point it is possible to determine all its future positions, a collection of points known as a trajectory or orbit.

Once the Euclidean plane has been described in this language, it is actually a simple matter to extend its concept to arbitrary dimensions.

Once the Euphrates enters the Upper Mesopotamian plains, its grade drops significantly ; within Syria the river falls while over the last stretch between Hīt and the Shatt al-Arab the river drops only.

Once set into motion it will oscillate at its natural frequency.

Once again, 90th Light failed to make progress so Rommel called the Afrika Korps to abandon its planned sweep southward and instead join the effort to break through to the coast road by attacking east toward Ruweisat Ridge.

Once more, the Eighth Army had failed to destroy Rommel ’ s forces, despite its overwhelming superiority in men and equipment.

Once in the arena morgue, the corpse would have been stripped of armour, and probably had its throat cut to prove that dead was dead.

Once it was complete, its launch was scheduled for STS-61-G on-board Atlantis in 1986.

Once set-printmaking ink ( usually water based ) is applied to its surface.

Once the Army of Humayun had made its charge and Sher Shah's troops made their agreed-upon retreat, the Mughal troops relaxed their defensive preparations and returned to their entrenchments without posting a proper guard.

Once the available energy has been removed, the remaining hot gases are vented ( often by opening a valve or exposing the exhaust outlet ) and this allows the piston to return to its previous position ( top dead center, or TDC ).

Once the full extent of this Russian military penetration of Cuba was clear, President Kennedy announced we would take whatever action was appropriate to prevent this, even if we had to go it alone.

Once appointed admiral-in-chief, Barbarossa was charged with rebuilding the Ottoman fleet, to such an extent that the Ottoman navy equalled in number those of all other Mediterranean countries put together.

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 Dutch were defeated and the extent of New York was determined, King Charles II of England made his grant to William Penn in order to found the colony which came to be named Pennsylvania.

Once most of the system is built, the marginal cost of servicing additional clients or users tends to be relatively inexpensive, and may be negligible if there is no need to increase the peak capacity or the geographical extent of the network.

Once it changed to Attack of the Show ( a reference to the Star Wars prequel " Attack of the Clones ") on March 28, the studio audience was dropped, and while still covering technology to a lesser extent, it also covers autos, sports, movies, new products and pop culture.

Once established on the patriarchal throne, he was not slow to stretch its privileges to the widest extent, ordaining bishops and metropolitans for all Syria.

Once an important county, it reached its greatest power and extent during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Once again though, sound defeats, this season administered by London rivals, Wasps and Irish, seemed to shatter the team's confidence, to such an extent that once again by early in the new year Saracens were once again uncomfortably close to the relegation zone, the only real success coming in an impressive run in the then Parker Pen Cup.

Once costs of the activities have been identified, the cost of each activity is attributed to each product to the extent that the product uses the activity.

Once they grasp that poverty is not simply poverty but that it has " a revolutionary, subversive side, which will overthrow the old society ", science-Communist thinking, to the extent that it incorporates this subversive side-" has ceased to be doctrinaire and has become revolutionary.

Once controlling much of the territory between Ponnani and Kochi in Malabar, the Cochin kingdom shrank to its minimal extent as a result of invasions by the Zamorin of Calicut.

Once in Irondequoit, it followed what is now NY 404 around the southern extent of Irondequoit Bay to Webster.

Once the property has been distributed to the beneficiary that property can be reached by a creditor, except to the extent the distributed property is used to support the beneficiary.

Once the route goes into the area administered by the Durham County Council, it is waymarked to some extent by plastic disks attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture.