The prime minister called the eve of the Games "a truly momentous day for our country".
We have had an equally momentous economic revolution before, brought on by steam power.
Whether the United States should consent to such a deployment is a momentous question.
But church leaders accused them of "reducing a sacred and momentous decision to a media event".
To take this momentous step, the United States had discarded its historic opposition to imperialism.
There was something momentous about being able to excite people in that way with our music.
If so, why would Franklin have waited four months to report so momentous an event?
"I believed this would be a momentous development, as big as Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, " he adds.
And the momentous case against Mr Andreotti may now be much harder to press.
The "path of love" of Pope Francis will be a momentous journey for 1.2 billion Catholics.
This initiative represents a potentially momentous new milestone in market activism by the non-governmental community.
To have momentous cases decided by a five-four vote carries more than a hint of arbitrariness.
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Something as momentous as this should be endorsed by the Congress of the United States.
As you know, the Framers charged the Senate with a singular and momentous responsibility.
In this momentous week, such matters are far from the minds of Northern Ireland's euphoric peacemakers.
Today, decisions perhaps equally momentous are again being made behind closed doors in official Washington.
On the face of it, this vignette was rather less momentous than Mr Darling's statement.
It turns out this is one of the more momentous decisions in the tax world.
Moreover, a lame-duck Senate session is hardly the place for momentous decisions about U.S. national security.
The group's spokesperson on EU fisheries policy, Saskia Richartz, called it "a momentous shift away from overfishing".
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But legislating away the antipathy between cyclists and drivers will surely be a momentous challenge for MPs.
Dr Roger Wilkinson, Chester Zoo's head of field conservation and research, said it was a "momentous moment".
"This is a momentous occasion in the history of the library, " said Librarian of Congress James Billington.
His taking the new job was one of the most momentous events of the entire 20th Century.
If the events are momentous, they still need the impact of years and decades to be judged.
But it has also been the setting for momentous legal and royal events, such as state trials.
Nicky Oppenheimer, representing the family, said it was a "momentous and difficult decision" to sell the stake.
He said 2007 had been a momentous year and local people expected politicians to "finish the job".
He feels it is a momentous occasion and is looking forward to the start of the new age.
Since that momentous day, the special bond of friendship between the United States and Israel has grown stronger.
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