Example sentences of "[art] [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this glitch activity has continued over the lifetime of the pulsar , roughly 5% of the moment of inertia of the neutron star must now be effectively removed in the form of pinned vortices ; but according to current models , only 1% of the total moment of inertia is involved in the whole of the superfluid that interpenetrates the inner crust , where pinning might take place . |
| 2 | However , the finest study for a painting — and the fabulous moment in the show — does not emanate from Holkham but is a Raphael drawing acquired by our National Gallery through private treaty , and purchased not via national funding bodies alone but from the legacies of the late Keith Andrews ( Print Room Keeper 1958-85 , a devoted scholar and delightful personality ) and his sister Rene . |
| 3 | Always worrying about the indefinable moment . |
| 4 | After 4 a.m. on the morning of the twenty-seventh the eruption appeared to die down a little , but the grandest moments were yet to come . |
| 5 | The grandest moment in Kenilworth 's colourful history came when Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , who was Elizabeth I 's favourite , built and furnished state rooms for her visits . |
| 6 | YEOVIL TOWN captain Mark Shail was heartbroken last night over the rash moment which may cost him the chance of playing in the dream FA Cup tie against Arsenal . |
| 7 | It seemed what mattered , what defined , was the acute moment at the end , not the long , unfeigned relationships which had subsisted before . |
| 8 | As the concept of the predestined moment receded , there entered their minds not so much the ringing message of the Pauline Epistles as the echo of an older despair . |
| 9 | In putting the Collection together , our music editors combed a thousand hit parades to bring you the finest moments in rock'n'roll . |
| 10 | SILVER FLING reserved the finest moment of a 19-race career for her last race when she won the Prix De l'Abbaye de Longchamp yesterday , writes Richard Edmondson . |
| 11 | The political moment |
| 12 | The political moment — that period when moral attitudes are transformed into formally political action — can be of key importance in nuancing the regulation of sexuality , and at crucial times a moral schema has been of prime significance in political propaganda . |
| 13 | Equilibrium can be maintained by balancing several forces about a fulcrum , such that the sum of the anticlockwise moments equals the sum of the clockwise moments . |
| 14 | The Doctor looked disconcerted for the merest moment . |
| 15 | But Maria 's presence actually begs a question since it 's the sole moment when a startling presence swoops out of the mix . |
| 16 | Leafing through bound volumes of those old editions in Beirut , Abu Khadra could still experience the odd moment of journalistic triumph as old newspapermen tend to do , long after their papers have died . |
| 17 | It has the odd moment of pure Pseud 's Corner cheek ( a Catalan sestina with a helpful translation — into French ) . |
| 18 | But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’ |
| 19 | Fine , yah , we 'll while away the odd moment . |
| 20 | But certainly here , for the clearest moment in Eliot 's later plays the savage and the Christian are joined in reproach of the oversophisticated city ; , though it is essential , too , to remember that that city also contains Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly whom Eliot once described as possibly ‘ a god in the machine ’ . |
| 21 | If the sweetest moment in life is a visit to the brothel which does n't come off , perhaps the sweetest moment in writing is the arrival of that idea for a book which never has to be written , which is never sullied with a definite shape , which never needs be exposed to a less loving gaze than that of its author . |
| 22 | If the sweetest moment in life is a visit to the brothel which does n't come off , perhaps the sweetest moment in writing is the arrival of that idea for a book which never has to be written , which is never sullied with a definite shape , which never needs be exposed to a less loving gaze than that of its author . |
| 23 | The letters , they showed a progress through that summer , marking the enchanted moments , the highlights , where pride and vanity could not now be separated from notions of love . |
| 24 | Maybe he 'll go to Novell and gracefully steal away at the opportune moment . |
| 25 | Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history . |
| 26 | A BBC television commentator for 25 years , it was his voice which accompanied some of the greatest moments in televised athletics , and which could add flavour and drama to any athletic competition . |
| 27 | But a furlong out Mill Reef had sprinted clear , and only Pistol Packer could deny him the greatest moment of an outstanding racing career . |
| 28 | The tidal wave of Dancing Brave 's progress up the Longchamp straight to win the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe provided the greatest moment of European Flat racing in the 1980s . |
| 29 | He remembers the day he was elected as ‘ the greatest moment of my life ’ . |
| 30 | Without doubt , it 's the greatest moment of my career . |