Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were she not to experience such moments of trepidation there would be something strange m her nature indeed . |
| 2 | Yes , I wanted to identify those moments when American literature was complicit in the fabrication of racism , but equally important , I wanted to see when literature exploded and undermined it . |
| 3 | In the musical discourse the ‘ magic ’ progression serves to symbolize portentous moments of various kinds . |
| 4 | One solution to paint those moments when world is frozen , when we experience time as standing still : when we look in mirrors , or on hot afternoons . |
| 5 | Life has always been on a razor-edge of survival and it is surely important to understand those moments in the past when the organic world seemed closer than usual to obliteration . |
| 6 | To understand why the criminal ( and administrative ) law is so narrow in its encroachment on corporate activity , we need to consider those moments in history when the state does create laws apparently against the interests of business and financial élites . |
| 7 | find little time to share enjoyable moments ( e.g. play with your children ? ) |
| 8 | But imperialists were equally dispirited by their inability to turn such moments of excitement into a sustained popular identification with their long-term goals . |
| 9 | ‘ Superb ’ — his stock adjective used to describe great moments . |