Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifts could be on the wrong floor at the wrong moment . |
| 2 | Terence Davies has apparently emerged from the representation of his social origins smelling of Art , and it is this very concept which mainstream criticism just can not get enough of , for at its best ( its most effective ) it denies the social world at the very moment that it represents it . |
| 3 | And so the experienced surgeon is able to apply his real concentration at the decisive moment . |
| 4 | And there 's no question that crossing a black-stockinged leg at the crucial moment can attract a lot of lucrative briefs my way . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 6 | The week Donald White was shot , New York saw eight similar deaths : black students , good kids in the right place at the wrong moment . |
| 7 | He managed to reduce the variegated and picturesque spectacle of the Middle Ages to the unity of a humoristic concept at the very moment it began to dissolve and crumble . ’ |
| 8 | One standing at the entrance gave each one of us a little push at the right moment for the walk across in front of the platform to another gentleman standing in the middle . |
| 9 | If you deliver an effective technique at the very moment that the time-up bell sounds , then your score will be accepted . |
| 10 | This has no great significance at the present moment when both Departments are housed within the Register House complex and only small inconvenience and delay result . |
| 11 | That is , the choreographer must understand from which part of the body impetus is to be given so that the step achieves its full purpose at the proper moment — usually in some gesture and its musical emphasis . |
| 12 | Bringing people together , tirelessly fixing up dates and appointments , putting in just the right word at the crucial moment , helping to forge new partnerships , Milton conducted both his life and his business with an extraordinary degree of caring . |
| 13 | ‘ At ordinary times we do not read novels at all , as you may imagine , but the right novel at the right moment can have a real spiritual value . ’ |
| 14 | Valdo , Alemao and others often showed a remarkable lightness of touch in the soggy conditions but several times promising movements failed for want of a penetrative final pass or someone reading the right space at the crucial moment . |
| 15 | A terrific industrial upheaval at the present moment might be dangerous from the standpoint of a democratic People 's Peace . |
| 16 | If you play back a recording of the rehearsal , consider whether you spoke at the right pace , and particularly whether you made an impressive pause at the right moment . |
| 17 | In the schools , French became a compulsory language at the very moment when Arab nationalists were enjoying the linguistic triumph of Arabic over the Turkish of the now broken Ottoman Empire , a victory which had important political implications for the concept of Arab unity . |
| 18 | The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself . |
| 19 | By his talents , dedication , social connections , and ability to get quick and exciting results within narrow constraints of money and manpower , Charles Hamilton devised the right model at the right moment . |
| 20 | Each pixel must be individually addressed by a voltage to give the right shade at the right moment . |
| 21 | Napoleon lacked up-to-the-minute information at the crucial moment ; he did n't know what Bluücher was doing . |
| 22 | Not a few men lost teeth because they had met the big man at the wrong moment . |
| 23 | Certainly she had seen something moving in the forest that day on Ridgery Steep , something fairly large , something white , and Allen had failed to see it ; but then it was possible that he had not looked in the right spot at the right moment and that his failure to see it was an accident . |
| 24 | It will mean more doubtful inward investment at the very moment when this country needs such investment most , as we come out of the recession . |