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Once he manages to distract Watson's attention for a few seconds ( making Watson turn to his bookshelf to see if there is enough room to fit some books ), he transforms himself into Sherlock Holmes, much to Watson's great astonishment when he turns back round.
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* " Il était un petit navire " ( There Once was a Little Ship ), played by de Boeldieu with his penny whistle to distract the German guards from Rosenthal and Maréchal's escape, a traditional French song about a shipwrecked sailor that must cannibalize another sailor to survive.
Once ashore, he began lighting flares so as to distract the defending Turkish forces from the real landings taking place at Gallipoli.
Once it's revealed these are merely ghost-warriors meant to distract the heroes, however, the false Frieza and his allies are easily dealt with.
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Once he disposed of these items which screamed so harshly for attention, he could undertake the things which really counted.
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Once again sportswriters were quick to draw attention to Smith's outstanding defensive play instead of his 2 for 23 effort at the plate.
Once he became the Liberal leader in 1919 he paid closer attention to the Prairies, a fast-developing region.
Once radio broadcasting became popular, Hoover brought attention to the limited amount of frequency space the spectrum held.
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Once a new corporate identity is implemented, attention to corporate identity related issues generally tends to decrease.
Once back, the increasingly knowledgeable monk received much attention for his teachings and skills in debate and philosophy.
Once returned to office, Brownlee turned his attention to his other priorities.
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Once the player starts moving, he attracts the attention of the guards, who will try to shoot or apprehend him.
Once given its commands, the unit will go about them automatically thus minimizing the need for the player's attention to small, repetitive tasks.
Once the foundation of the Kingdom of Nepal was thus laid, King Prithvi Narayan Shah turned his attention towards the east.
Once this patent was brought to the attention of the San, a benefit-sharing agreement was reached between them and the CSIR in 2003.
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Once Radack brought this to her supervisor's attention, she was strongly encouraged to leave the department and find another job.
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Once and for all he'd finish this marine who would not die.
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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.
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Once we have made clear that we are genuinely concerned with a country's development potential, we can be blunt in suggesting the technical conditions that must be met for development to occur.
Once on the water, these little visitors seldom leave, and this adds to your filtering and vacuuming problems as well as providing a slapping good time for all those present.
Once many significant phrases are found in theory or in recurrent practice to provide for prosodic necessity, they are not to be defended for their semantic properties in isolated contexts.
Once, after the Discovery lay for a week in rough weather, Hudson ordered the anchor raised before the sea had calmed.
Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst, once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense, there wouldn't be very much for Mae to do.
Once a movement per unit time is observed, astronomers compensate for the parallax caused by the earth ’ s motion during this time and the heliocentric distance to this object is calculated.
Once seen, Artemis punished Actaeon: she forbade him speech — if he tried to speak, he would be changed into a stag — for the unlucky profanation of her virginity's mystery.
Once there, his way of life took a turn for the better.
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Once images have been acquired, the effects of decay and taphonomy must be accounted for before a correct anatomical reconstruction can be made.
Once a beaver has sounded the alarm, nearby beavers will dive and may not reemerge for some time.
Once again, however, there is a lack of archaeological proof for this reconstruction, and the sheer number of brochs, sometimes in places with a lack of good land, makes it problematic.
Once the keys had been pressed they were locked down until mechanical contacts in a distributor unit passed over the sector connected to that particular keyboard, when the keyboard was unlocked ready for the next character to be entered, with an audible click ( known as the " cadence signal ") to warn the operator.
Once published by BSI a PAS has all the functionality of a British Standard for the purposes of creating schemes such as management systems and product benchmarks as well as codes of practice.
Once the price of inkjet printers dropped to the point where they were competitive with dot matrix printers, dot matrix printers began to fall out of favor for general use.
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