Example sentences of "the first moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subtracting these 200 msec from the 550 msec by which the RP preceded the movement , Libet concluded that the neural activity associated with an apparently voluntary act began some 350 msec before the first moment at which the subject was aware of his intention to act . |
| 2 | At birth a child enters the condition of infancy — a condition which ceases at the age of 18 years , or rather , at the first moment of the day preceding the eighteenth birthday . |
| 3 | I could see this condition coming upon me relentlessly from the first moment Dana cast his eyes upon me : he was another who knew how to use the power of the evil eye , almost casually , to enchant total strangers . |
| 4 | Mr John Friend , 37 , a deputy at Stillingfleet , North Yorks , said : ‘ The first moment you see that fellow , it 's a great feeling . ’ |
| 5 | And that , I swear to you , dear reader , was the first moment since my awakening at which I had realised what a very special day it was . |
| 6 | From the first moment we spoke I knew you were a girl with great sensibility , and I admire you very much . |
| 7 | Slowly the picture changes , and doubt is conceived at the first moment when ‘ thank you ’ is superfluous . |
| 8 | From the first moment to the last the lonely hour of the ‘ last instance ’ never comes . |
| 9 | Marchmont was driven to complain that Anson had been ready enough to promise that he would ‘ do it the first moment it was possible ’ , and had already been strongly urged to promote Lieutenant Home by the Duke of Newcastle , but yet had done nothing . |
| 10 | From the first moment to the last , the lonely hour of the ‘ last instance ’ never comes . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they work in flocks so that there are always some individuals with their heads up , able to call an alarm the first moment their safety seems uncertain . |
| 12 | No other man had so eloquently and constantly spoken of the way I had haunted him from the first moment he cast eyes on me . |
| 13 | From the first moment to the last , the lonely hour of the ‘ last instance ’ never comes. , |
| 14 | She told Lily afterwards that from the first moment she saw him , she knew . |
| 15 | Helen wondered if she was seeing the first moment of a gathering hysteria . |
| 16 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 17 | ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me . |
| 18 | From the first moment , Randall and Boot could tell that considerable power was being emitted . |
| 19 | Why was it then that , even from the first moment , the thought of Lorrimer in his sister 's bed had been intolerable . |
| 20 | In the language of polymers the first moment the mean is denoted by where is the number of molecules of molecular weight . |
| 21 | She had thought of him as Roman since the first moment she had known his name . |
| 22 | From the first moment we met you wove a spell that has bound me to you more securely than chains could ever do . ’ |
| 23 | The first moment , the moment per unit frequency , is the mean , , of the distribution : where is the mean , f the frequency in weight per cent and m φ is the mid-point of each class interval . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've wanted you , ’ he said , his voice rasping against her skin , ‘ since the first moment I saw you . |
| 25 | He had adopted his slighting manner , he knew , to protect himself from the attraction which she had possessed for him from the first moment that he had seen her . |
| 26 | From the first moment I set eyes on Frankenstein , at the hotel in Sècheron , I had the impression of a man with a burdensome secret . |
| 27 | From the first moment … ’ |
| 28 | He was impressed with Myra from the first moment he saw her : " She was a tremendous talent with a feel and flair which can not be taught . " |
| 29 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |
| 30 | Never trusted him from the first moment . |