Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [art] [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important that selection decisions are timed at the right moment in this chain . |
| 2 | The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks . |
| 3 | It should be harnessed at the very moment . ’ |
| 4 | Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment . |
| 5 | The teams were introduced at an auspicious moment in that the social services department budget had improved suddenly and substantially , enabling the CMHTs to be staffed with social workers specifically appointed for their commitment to the developmental ideal . |
| 6 | ( It was used to make a " gun-shot " by being popped at the right moment , thereby creating the wrong time for the murder . |
| 7 | In this type of use , to is intercepted at the final moment of the movement it denotes , so that the adjective or main verb evokes not only how the person designated as the support of the infinitive was predisposed towards the realization of the latter 's event , but also his feelings at the time of its occurrence . |
| 8 | Striptease … is based on a contradiction : Woman is desexualised at the very moment when she is stripped naked . |
| 9 | Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine . |
| 10 | This was seen at the very moment of James V 's death . |
| 11 | When we come to Waterloo the Great Duke 's extraordinary ability to be exactly where he was needed at the crucial moment is well described , as are his outward calm and inspiring courage . |
| 12 | was born at a particular moment ( the Big Bang ) |