Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] for [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you reflect for a moment on which areas are likely to have rocks under tension , and where cracking and dyke intrusion are likely , you will realize that the mid-ocean ridges are hot favourites for this kind of activity . |
| 2 | To change this attitude , if we assume for a moment that we would wish to change it , would either require a change in fundamental attitude or some form of new legislation . |
| 3 | The motions of such a body can be calculated classically using Newton 's Laws of Motion , if we assume for the moment that the restoring forces in the connections are of the form where χ is a displacement from equilibrium . |
| 4 | If we pause for a moment and consider the place of the Neolithic revolution in the theory of human personality and society so far advanced in these pages we will be struck by the fact that the coming of cultivation posed a major threat to the psychological foundations of human society as they had evolved up to that point . |
| 5 | If we consider for a moment the extent to which the hero-kings of early agricultural societies did indeed come to play a maternal , provident role with regard to those dependent on them we can perhaps begin to see the truth of the claim that they became the heirs of the matriarchs . |
| 6 | However , if one forgets for a moment the organizational structures of the two parties and considers their policies , one sees a relatively united unionist movement . |
| 7 | If anyone believes for a moment that we should forget about the cause of asylum seekers , I ask them to read some of the evidence of people who fled from Chile , El Salvador , Burma and so many other places where they could not cope with the oppression against them . |