Example sentences of "moment too " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite being only a facelift of the current range , the new Polo manages to lose its tired old image — and it comes not a moment too soon , says Andrew Frankel |
| 2 | They come not a moment too soon , if Switzerland is to preserve its position as a front-ranking international financial centre . |
| 3 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 4 | Jean looked at her a moment too long , then forced himself to gaze over her shoulder to the well-tailored figures among the candelabra . |
| 5 | ‘ New Faces ’ did n't happen a moment too soon . |
| 6 | Dons president John Fashanu has suffered his own autumnus horribilis , and his recovery from a hip injury has n't come a moment too soon for manager Joe Kinnear . |
| 7 | Defensive kingpins Redmond and Pointon ca n't arrive at Boundary Park a moment too soon after last night 's embarrassing 4–2 friendly defeat at Stockport . |
| 8 | A mighty war host was assembled to protect the Elf homeland and not a moment too soon , for the armies of Chaos returned with redoubled strength . |
| 9 | Not a moment too soon . |
| 10 | She realized what had happened a moment too late : she clutched at the broken chain , missed , and saw her keepsake , the silver Madonna , fall with a plop into the Atlantic . |
| 11 | As I strode along , glaring at the ground , hating everything , I thought : I 'm not dealing with this matter a moment too soon . |
| 12 | Not a moment too soon . |
| 13 | It was not a moment too soon . |
| 14 | Yes , but she could be parting from him in a different way — ; stealing away , running off , he was surprised she had never done so , that she had n't killed the old woman with a poison in the way she had perhaps schemed to kill him , that she had not held her under just a moment too long when she took her swimming that she had not simply abandoned her in the settlement . |
| 15 | And not a moment too soon . |
| 16 | ‘ Not a moment too hasty ! |
| 17 | Not a moment too soon . |
| 18 | continues to enjoy a high level of sales and the new plant will come on stream early next year — not a moment too soon . |
| 19 | Completion of these projects , planned for Spring 1991 , wo n't come a moment too soon as we are already desperately short of warehousing space and will soon need the additional production capacity . |
| 20 | Or eyes held a moment too long . |
| 21 | That wo n't come a moment too soon for farmers . |
| 22 | It will not come a moment too soon . |
| 23 | ‘ Vapid and feeble … the end of this foolish farrago comes not a moment too soon , ’ thundered the Express , and , shocked , sought out the sex angle : ‘ This £2m show seeks to turn gay Renaissance man Leonard da Vinci into a heterosexual pop singer . |
| 24 | The Bishop of Woolwich , John Robinson , did this some time ago with ‘ Honest to God ’ and Don Cupitt , I think , is doing it at the moment too with his book ‘ Taking Leave of God ’ . |
| 25 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |