Infinitive complement

• discover: It's momentous to discover the greatest faxless interest rate informationpayrolladvances loans on the net and 1 for your credit situation.

Modifies a noun

• occasion: Last night was a momentous occasion: I went out.

• happening: Each child will be touched differently by these momentous happening.

• voyage: Olsen Cruise Line A momentous voyage to Maritime Canada whets the appetite.

• event: The results of some of these momentous events can easily be seen around Ullapool.

• decision: There is very little time in which to make a momentous decision which will affect policing in the future.

• discovery: Chen Ning Yang and Robert Mills made a momentous discovery 50 years ago.

Modifying Another Word

• truly: We are also planning to present a truly momentous Crystal Mark.

• pretty: Kat and Martin also signed the lease for the new building in Camden which was a pretty momentous occasion.

• so: What can have been the trouble which produced effects so momentous?

• equally: Equally momentous has been the transition from a largely industrial society to an economy based on services.

• particularly: On a personal note, scoring a goal at the Festival football match was a particularly momentous occasion for Tessa.

• potentially: Disarmament Diplomacy Issue No. 18, September 1997 Editor's Introduction September's issue reviews a hectic and potentially momentous month.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: And, Mr McAvoy continued, the proposed changes will prove more momentous than any education policy enacted since 1944.

• seem: Conversely, developments that can seem momentous as they unfold can come to be regarded as less so with the passage of time.

• feel: The decision to leave home felt momentous, and the drive to California took a week.