Example sentences of "not the moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Alan Phillips , the former Wales hooker who became Cardiff coach this season , concedes that now is not the moment for his players . |
| 2 | McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one . |
| 3 | He also knew this was not the moment to tell her what he 'd learnt today . |
| 4 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 5 | Visitors will at least be reminded that Venetian art in this period was not an entirely closed world , and that Giorgione 's career is far from being fully understood , but it is difficult to escape the conclusion that now is not the moment , and an exhibition of this kind is not the ideal place to explore such art-historical problems . |
| 6 | This was not the moment to tell him that six people had to put money into a building society for every borrower who took it out , and some of the six must read the paper . |
| 7 | This was not the moment to make a stand for independence . |
| 8 | And this was not the moment to suggest that Emilia , with her refusal to let go of Cambridge , to be truly present in the parish , might herself be at fault . |
| 9 | This is not the moment to . |
| 10 | This is not the moment to go toddling back to the office to fart about over some fine print in sub-clause seventy-nine with a bunch of anal-retentives from Accounts . ’ |
| 11 | It was not the moment she would have chosen , but the determined glint in Silas 's eye told her he expected to hear the truth . |
| 12 | This is not the moment to rehearse the arguments for and against the various options with which we may be presented in December , so I leave the House with two brief thoughts . |
| 13 | This was not the moment to tell John about the substituted bodies . |
| 14 | This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene . |
| 15 | However , this was clearly not the moment in which to tell his dearest Laura that she looked magnificent when she was angry , and he hastened to set the record straight . |