Once Allied ground forces had captured islands sufficiently close to Japan, airfields were built on those islands ( particularly Saipan and Tinian ) and B-29s could reach Japan for bombing missions.

Once over metropolitan Taihoku, the aircraft dropped leaflets, or according to some sources made a minor bombing strike, and successfully returned to the mainland, under Japanese antiaircraft fire.

Once dispensed, seed balls are tossed or planted in any area that may benefit from wildflowers ( Seed bombing ).

Once the men were secure, he directed Lalak Jan to descend Tiger Hill and, amidst the Indian Artillery shelling, plant the landmines in the area in front of the Indian forces.

Once again, he shook his head, kept his face expressionless and his voice very calm, and had a strongly supported alibi ready.

Once Todman thought he had spotted a tank and went down to investigate while Greg covered him.

Once I had a religious emotion.

Once out of the gate they had charged straight up the narrow lane.

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 there had been big glittering rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies' hands as they flirted from behind their fans.

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 the soldiers from the barracks had to hold the ship from blowing away while Fogg revved the engine and got the tail up.

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

Once the Old Man had had a wife.

Once the soft, pretty moth found the bright light she had always wanted??

Once before I had been to Paris, long before I married Valery.

Once burned -- scalded, really, because Vivian had given him every encouragement -- forever shy.

Once, like you, I had one head, two hands, ten fingers on my hands.

Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill.

Once again Abd al-Rahman had to be concerned with developments in the Upper March.

Once he had established himself as sole ruler of the Roman state in 30 BC, Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Augustus inaugurated a strategy of advancing the empire's southeastern European border to the line of the Danube from the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and Macedonia.

Once war had begun, Hitler urged his economic experts to abandon caution and expend all available resources on the war effort.

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 again, though, the team's pitching was a glaring weakness, as the staff had an ERA of 6. 02.

Once a largely agricultural country, the twin pillars of Costa Rica's current economy are technology and eco-tourism.

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.

Sobran also believes " scholars have largely ignored one of the chief themes of the Sonnets: the poet's sense of disgrace .... here can be no doubt that the poet is referring to something real that he expects his friends to know about ; in fact, he makes clear that a wide public knows about it ... Once again the poet's situation matches Oxford's ....

Once operational, the aerobot will be largely on its own and will have to conduct its mission autonomously, accepting only general commands over its long link to Earth.

Once a time coordinate is defined, the three-dimensional space corresponding to a particular time is generally a curved Riemannian manifold ; but since the time coordinate choice is largely arbitrary, it is the underlying space-time curvature that is physically significant.

Once a popular open-source Linux audio player, it has now been largely surpassed by newcomers such as Audacious, Amarok, Exaile, Banshee and ( more recently ) Songbird.

Once above the majority of the atmosphere the vehicle then angles the rocket jet, pointing it largely horizontally but somewhat downwards, this permits the vehicle to gain and then maintain altitude while increasing horizontal speed.

Once largely rural, the area's population began rapidly expanding in the 1990s with the arrival of large tract home developments.

Once again local resources, wood and water, were largely responsible for the location of this industry in the Spring Grove area.

Once into the Mediterranean, the trade was largely monopolised by Italian powers, especially Venice and Genoa.

Once predominantly inhabited by Greek Cypriots, Kyrenia's population consists now largely of Turkish Cypriots, British people and Turkish immigrants.

Once exclusively a rural festivity, today, in Brazil, it is largely a city festival during which people joyfully and theatrically mimic peasant stereotypes and cliches in a spirit of joke and good time.

Once General Tire sold the network in 1957, Mutual's ownership was largely disconnected from the stations it served, leading to a more conventional, top-down model of program production and distribution.

Once very popular, these spiral ratchet drivers, using proprietary bits, have been largely discontinued by manufacturers such as Stanley, although one can still find them at vintage tool auctions.

Once exclusively a rural festivsl, today in Brazil it is largely a city festival during which people joyfully and theatrically mimic peasant stereotypes and clichés in a spirit of joked and good times.

Once exclusively a rural festival, today in Brazil it is largely an urban festival during which people joyfully and theatrically mimic peasant stereotypes and clichés in a spirit of jokes and good times.

Once the Knights ceased to exist, Mary Jones became largely affiliated with the United Mine Workers.

Once primarily agricultural because of its highly fertile soil, it is now largely urbanized, although its far southern reaches south of Gilroy remain rural.

In addition to his work for the weekly issue of Punch, Leech contributed largely to the Punch almanacks and pocket-books, from Once a Week between 1859 and 1862, to the Illustrated London News, where some of his largest and best sporting scenes appeared, and to innumerable novels and miscellaneous volumes besides, of which it is only necessary to specify A Little Tour in Ireland ( 1859 ).

Once it began, the potato famine increased immigration from Ireland, although this largely occurred after the Philadelphia riots.

Once she reached forty, Elizabeth Alexeievna's beauty was largely faded ; she left behind any romantic pretensions.

Once inside he burned the Venetian quarter ( as Venice was an enemy of Genoa, and had been largely responsible for the capture of the city in 1204 ).

Once in power the new Holland Government proved decidedly administratively conservative, retaining, for instance, the welfare state set up by the previous Labour Government ; though National gained, and has largely kept ( with the exception of the Muldoon government ), a reputation for showing more favour to farmers and to business than did the Labour Party.

Once devoted to agricultural pursuits, West Barnstable now is largely residential.