Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a sense of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A white-collar job , owning a home or indulging in particular leisure pursuits may cause a person to identify himself as ‘ middle class ’ ; others may consider anyone who ‘ works , to be ‘ working class ’ ; others may preserve a sense of being ‘ working class ’ because of their family background , though their own social circumstances have changed . |
| 2 | It may demonstrate a sense of outrage toward the criminal and the enjoyment of seeing the wrongdoer punished and justice being done , given that in the majority of crime stories and programmes the criminals come off worse . |
| 3 | In these scenes where characters attempt to break out of their proper medium , the audience or reader should feel a sense of impropriety or disorder , as if some basic law were being denied . |
| 4 | The next requirement is that subordinates must feel a sense of responsibility to achieve . |
| 5 | And ardent environmentalists should keep a sense of proportion . |
| 6 | They must provide a sense of order and predictability for children . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We must keep a sense of perspective about what he 's done . |
| 8 | Heads ' management styles should encourage a sense of collective responsibility among teachers , and of commitment to school among pupils and parents ; their management training should be directed towards this . |
| 9 | Raised beds should have a sense of purpose , proportion and design . |
| 10 | ‘ Lithuania are n't a bad side and people should have a sense of perspective — there are no easy games in international football . |
| 11 | Together , the two players in the development process must have a sense of mutual responsibility for projects . |
| 12 | Obviously , the last part must have a sense of finality , but the emotion of each part of the work must have its proper place and be allied to what has gone before and what follows . |
| 13 | Both single people and married couples may feel a sense of frustration as the years in which they had planned to be more free to go out and about , and less restricted financially , are circumscribed by the demands of caring . |
| 14 | Those who can not measure up to text-book success may feel a sense of guilt or failure . |
| 15 | In a society in which achievement is highly valued , and where people compete for jobs in an apparently open market , people may feel a sense of failure if they admit they have ended up in a job with which they are dissatisfied . |
| 16 | Employees may feel a sense of powerlessness in taking on a large organization or it may be that advisers are more reluctant to take on large organizations . |
| 17 | Unemployment may generate a sense of political alienation . |
| 18 | Handling and using them may give a sense of the past . |
| 19 | If it is new and unfamiliar , you might experience a sense of physical pleasure . |
| 20 | I 'll create a sense of place and imitate the sounds , Then we 'll find a song specific to that situation . ’ |
| 21 | It was through the agency of the chansons that the young man might acquire a sense of honour and a sense of shame . |
| 22 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 23 | One could experience a sense of ecstasy at the disclosure of nature 's secrets and a sense of the sublime in contemplating its works . |
| 24 | Hence , in some measure , if not crises then problems were wished for because their solution could give a sense of purpose . |
| 25 | He could feel a sense of power and satisfaction , as though his whole life had been lived for this . |
| 26 | The top group also built in a process of involving their immediate reports so that they could develop a sense of ownership , thereby increasing the probability that all involved will work at making it successful . |
| 27 | Of course , a farm worker could acknowledge that the obverse side of squirearchal autocracy could be a benevolent concern for his own welfare and this could confer a sense of security and harmony on class relationships which could be extremely durable . |
| 28 | They may have a sense of reduced status . |
| 29 | Conversely , pursuing a mundane , poorly paid job or no job at all may provoke a sense of alienation from society . |
| 30 | you may gain a sense of control over the ways in which HIV could affect you , your partner and your family |