Sentence examples for A quantum of from inspiring English sources

A quantum of change in the flow of events is construed as a configuration of a process involving one or more participants and attendant circumstances.

A "quantum of solace" is a fancy phrase for "quantity of comfort".

"Each of us has only a quantum of compassion.

In a confusing present, traditionally, it's the past that can often supply a quantum of solace.

Never mind the solace, there's barely a quantum of Bond on display here.

The cinema was closed; "A Quantum of Solace" would not be playing Thursday.

The transaction transfers a quantum of risk of loss from the bank to a third party.

There's only a quantum of semantic difference between the noble "twilight" and more essentially Welsh "gloom".

I'm not quite sure what that means, but no one knows what a quantum of solace is, either.

I expect a quantum of injustice in any imperium, expect contradictions as the price of order — what brings me to the puking-point is the fine feelings.

Thus a friend is given a quantum of moondust by a love-struck scientist, and sees fit to swallow it, thus becoming the subject of furious jealousy.