Example sentences of "[adj] moments [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For asymmetric tops , which have three different moments of inertia , there is no symmetry element of order greater than two , and up to three different symmetry species of vibration may give rise to IR bands . |
| 2 | To read with understanding the young reader has to appreciate that a page of six pictures of a bear may not be about six bears but about one bear and , reading from left to right , that one bear at six different moments in time . |
| 3 | There can have been few more painful moments in Melvyn Bragg 's professional life than when he sat in the audience of a public performance where Barry Humphries , in the guise of Edna Everage , asked if anyone had read any of Bragg 's novels and nobody raised their hand . |
| 4 | An endless routine ; it creates it own high moments of achievement and satisfaction so as to evade … futility . |
| 5 | So that , I think , is one of my favourite moments in Adam Bede . |
| 6 | For Gloucester jockey Peter Scudamore a few moments of solitude and silence . |
| 7 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 8 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
| 9 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
| 10 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 11 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
| 12 | Given the few moments of contemplation she 'd wanted , it would probably have been her own choice for the evening . |
| 13 | She did n't try to fight the tears as her mind played and replayed the whole scene of Eddie 's last few moments of life . |
| 14 | Daley 's 66th-minute decider was one of few moments of excitement though , once in front , Villa could easily have sealed their victory with two more goals in the ensuing five minutes . |
| 15 | Now and again there were diversions , when one or another of the remaining five would hold the stage and would have a few moments of limelight , or glory . |
| 16 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 17 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 18 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 19 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |
| 20 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 21 | After a few moments of silence there was a series of sharp raps on the door , and a voice called out , asking if anyone was inside . |
| 22 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 23 | It was almost worth all that agony to have these few moments of companionship . |
| 24 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 25 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 26 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
| 27 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 28 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 29 | Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact . |
| 30 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |