(1) She had been so close to Toni - but their friendship had disappeared in an instant .

(2) If you go in expecting instant results, prepare to be disappointed.

(3) A beech hedge that keeps its russet-brown leaves right through winter is the perfect instant garden solution for a bare, brand new plot.

(4) Just stir them in with a little of their oil, and you have instant pasta with wild mushrooms.

(5) It proposes that you can make up your mind about something, and be invariably correct, in an instant ; that snap judgment is often a more effective tool than detailed analysis.

(6) If criminals were encouraged to conduct their own prosecutions, this would provide an instant solution to the problem of prison overcrowding.

(7) Unless it's a new type of instant food product on an advert, obviously - that is a revolution too.

(8) In the instant case, the direct given by the judge has not been shown to be inappropriate in the circumstances.

(9) A beachfront flea-market vendor here became an instant millionaire when he correctly matched six lotto numbers on Saturday.

(10) Shifting rubble too quickly can mean instant death for both Prakash Gore and the rescue team.

(11) But anyone who has drunk freshly ground coffee and then reverted to instant will know what I'm talking about.

(12) But can these long-term goals overcome consumers' short attention spans and need for instant gratification?

(13) The proposed Employment Law Reform Bill will change the requirement for instant dismissal in the case of serious misconduct.

(14) Both had answered at the same instant - doubtless a moment of revelation for Sara McArdle.

(15) That kind of effort made him an instant favorite among some of the team's veterans.

(16) Would you snap it up and upload to your site in an instant ?

(17) Love, pain, longing and devotion are written across her face in a flash, sometimes in the same instant .

(18) It is clear there is no instant solution.

(19) Japanese instant snack noodles hope to dump their junk food status and soar to the higher gastronomical rank of space cuisine.

(20) Ninety years ago, there were no television pictures, radio broadcasts or Internet bulletins to flash the news around the globe in an instant .