The town was once large but shrunk over time.

Many of the once large and diverse groups died out or were greatly reduced.

The city was once large and heavily populated; now it lies in ruins, empty of life.

Following Croatia's independence and the political turmoil in the early 1990s its once large circulation steadily began to dwindle.

Pikillacta is open for visitors and tourist to view the ruins of the once large city.

As a result budget revenues have increased fourfold and a once large budget deficit has turned into surplus.

These once large factories have all ceased trading.

Coach Jimmy Johnson has watched his once large group of running backs decimated by injuries.

The once large and formidable Soviet Navy was essentially a memory.

Today nothing remains of the once large stone building but its foundations.