Example sentences of "at a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosaline is very much a match for Berowne ; this is her last challenge to him , at a moment in the play when death has blown all comedy away . |
| 2 | The national brewers , whose attitude to staff and tenants would bring a blush to the face of the average Victorian mill owner , object to new legislation that would deprive them of the right to evict tenants and their families at a moment 's notice . |
| 3 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 4 | He found himself with the duty of helping to make a vital decision for the Church of England at a moment in its destiny . |
| 5 | However , managers put a lot of time , energy and commitment into their artist 's careers ( as well as a substantial financial investment ) , so it would be unfair for the manager to be dismissed at a moment 's notice , just because the artist fancied a change of management . |
| 6 | He chanced to resurface at a moment in the film when the divine Ms Rau is indulging in carnal acrobatics with the leading male actor . |
| 7 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 8 | The fund offers quick payments , while the alternative is much legal red tape at a moment when speed counts . |
| 9 | Because the disaster revealed something about the basic nature of the Soviet system , at a moment when it had at last become possible to do something about that system , the political consequences may prove the most profound of all . |
| 10 | It means the person never has to work through their grief , but can stay poised at a moment in time , hoping that the news they heard , but can not believe , turns out to be wrong after all . |
| 11 | If I was to give my life to this orchestra then I could not allow that someone throw me out at a moment 's notice . |
| 12 | They have the ability to jump straight back at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 13 | But such a move would risk triggering a bitter battle for power , further weakening the party at a moment when it is especially vulnerable . |
| 14 | Behind the scenes , an army of CEGB staff , providing constant back-up to the front-liners , was always ready to dig out whatever information was required at a moment 's notice . |
| 15 | The example of Alain Robbe-Grillet , who acknowledges a debt to Joyce as well as to Sartre and Gide , offered from the late 1950s onwards a renewed incentive to experiment , at a moment when British writers might have felt themselves particularly distanced from modernism . |
| 16 | It was an event , akin to the sinking of the Titanic , that rocked society at a moment of supreme self-congratulation and brought home to a people intoxicated with science and progress the existence of an admonitory Deity . |
| 17 | ‘ No player , at a moment that mattered , ever saw Herbert Chapman with a long face . |
| 18 | By a very ingenious mechanism a wooden screen can separate the transport from the body of the church at a moment 's notice reducing the latter in size when necessary and converting the former into a commodious , well lighted lecture hall . |
| 19 | Desktop computers can be used as electronic mailboxes into which messages can be posted at a moment 's notice for a correspondent to return to . |
| 20 | Saver Plus — the ideal combination if you are looking to make the most of your surplus cash but may need to call on it at a moment 's notice . |
| 21 | The show was flexible and he could slot his best troupes in and out , thus ensuring a regular wage for them and constantly rehearsed lines for him , all ready at a moment 's notice to go to South Africa , the continent or the best halls in London . |
| 22 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |
| 23 | A few months later the IAC , inspired by Jack Buckner , suddenly produced a paper for all internationals to sign agreeing to be random tested at a moment 's notice , anywhere , any time . |
| 24 | ‘ It has a full complement , a crew , an armoury and is good for putting to sea at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 25 | Head in the air — they would n't dare call me ‘ show-off ’ at a moment like this — I launched myself down that gaping passage-way and marched in to Dinwiddie 's room . |
| 26 | And every one of those evil hoodlums comes equipped with a horde of underlings , clad in silly uniforms and ready to die at a moment 's notice . |
| 27 | You need to keep your options open in order to change courses at a moment 's notice . |
| 28 | They did n't give a damn for what we call reason , they were liable to act wickedly at a moment 's notice . |
| 29 | A shadow fell on them from time to time , from his own past as well as from hers , and it seemed then that they were threatened by some evil which could blot out their joy at a moment 's notice . |
| 30 | Nobody would claim that an audit is a perfect process : it is a snapshot at a moment in time , with the client often deciding how much light is to be let into the exposure . |