Once able only to sheathe his own body in a protective coating of ice, Bobby finds he can encase the entirety of the Empire State Building.

Once on the ground, snow can be categorized as powdery when light and fluffy, fresh when recent but heavier, granular when it begins the cycle of melting and refreezing, and eventually ice once it packs down, after multiple melting and refreezing cycles, into a dense mass called snow pack.

Once sea ice forms, salts are left out of the ice, a process known as brine exclusion.

Once the ice on the Amur broke in the spring of 1652, Khabarov's people destroyed their fort and sailed away.

Once their ice shelves are removed, the glaciers increase in speed due to meltwater percolation and / or a reduction of braking forces, and they may begin to dump more ice into the ocean than they gather as snow in their catchments.

Once this is done, the ice will normally melt as heat from the surrounding water is absorbed by the slightly colder ice, and once the ice has melted, the regulator will function again.

Once the great mass of ice had melted, the subsequent unburdening of the Earth's crust resulted in a continuing rise in the land which is estimated to be of the order of 2 – 3 mm per year.

Once nilas has formed, a quite different growth process occurs, in which water molecules freeze on to the bottom of the existing ice sheet, a process called congelation growth.

Once under the Arctic ice pack, it approaches the calculated position for Zebra, then searches for a place to surface.

Once the route had been confirmed and tested for stability, larger plows and snow carving machines were then used to widen the ice road and make it more suitable for automobile transport.

Once the trickle began, it quickly melted a larger channel through the ice and became a torrent.

Once the puck is controlled by the opposing team in the defensive zone, however, wingers are responsible for covering the defenceman on their side of the ice.

Once this new stratification establishes itself, it lasts until the water warms enough for the ' spring turnover ,' which occurs after the ice melts and the surface water temperature rises to 4 ° C.

Once Hitler ' broke the ice ', Soviet victory in the large-scale war that followed would enable the USSR to impose Stalinist regimes on most of Europe.

Once aboard the Seraph, the body was preserved by placing it in a sealed canister containing dry ice, which prevented oxygen from causing decomposition.

Once inside the mysterious cave, guests will be splashed with the " melting " ice from overhead.

Once an electronic control module has determined that ice has formed, a large current spike is pumped into the transducers to generate a sharp mechanical shock, cracking the ice layer and causing it to be peeled off by the slipstream.

Once the ice sheet that obstructed the Columbia melted, the river returned to its normal course, leaving the Grand Coulee and the falls dry.

Once it is freed of the ice Julien discovers that it has a powerful static electric charge on its surface and painfully shocks anyone who touches it.

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.