Example sentences of "a [adj] moment in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One suspects that , rather than deconstructing the process of voyeurism — ‘ the gaze ’ — they succeed very much in the way a faded Edwardian photograph succeeds , transporting us back to a specific moment in time , fixed in the honeyed glow of nostalgia ; their presence is reassuring rather than unsettling . |
| 2 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At present , however , many people are absolutely riveted by what is happening , or could happen , in this country at a such a crucial moment in world history . |
| 6 | This was a great blow to his confidence and he became reluctant to accept engagements for fear of losing his voice at a crucial moment in front of an audience . |
| 7 | ‘ I smiled for a brief moment in triumph , ’ he said , ‘ then , as the photographers moved |
| 8 | On the Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Moment in Time . |
| 9 | On the Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Moment in Time ( henceforth ‘ the Boston text' ) is a film title used by Guy Debord in 1959 . |
| 10 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 11 | Lingering problems or not , this is a great moment in Jaguar 's history . |
| 12 | The adoption of the War Aims Memorandum was a key moment in Labour 's emergence as a genuinely independent political party , destined to replace the Liberals as the chief alternative to Conservatism . |
| 13 | Metaphorically speaking , the research front is a frozen moment in time ; a snapshot of the state of a growing , changing , organic entity at a precise instant , seen from a single viewpoint . |
| 14 | " The development of our lives is predetermined from the beginning by our family situation and the structure of society at a given moment in time . " |
| 15 | As a result , Areas of Interest Maps represent little more than a statement of intent at a given moment in time by BC . |
| 16 | Synchronic study , on the other hand , considers how a language functions as a system at a given moment in time , analyzing the simultaneous relationships between its constituent parts ; it examines how a language works , not how it develops . |
| 17 | The resolution of these pictures is still relatively coarse and they produce only a stationary image at a single moment in time . |
| 18 | Neither is it necessary to have what is known as a ‘ spiritual experience ’ — a single moment in time when the individual has a sense of himself and of the world in a way which transcends both the physical and the psychological . |
| 19 | For adolescent behaviour is determined by the interaction between cultural and biological forces in a particular society at a particular moment in history . |
| 20 | First of all , there may be contradictions between the social relations of production and the agricultural technology used , therefore at a particular moment in time technology and social relations may seem out of adjustment . |
| 21 | Examples of the finest artwork of a particular moment in time or place can give a false impression since they exclude reference to those living on a different level of existence . |
| 22 | There are two key measures : ( 1 ) the incidence rate ( the number of new cases over a given period , usually a year ) and ( 2 ) the prevalence rate ( the number of cases/persons affected in the population at a particular moment in time ) . |
| 23 | The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks . |
| 24 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 25 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 26 | Our consciousness merge , one with the other and for a fleeting moment in time , it touches the unmanifested half in the other , creating an inner union of perfection . |
| 27 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |