Example sentences of "[adj] sense of [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His feelings of inferiority were compounded only by the vague sense of unease that his careerism and social mobility had possibly been misguided from the outset . |
| 2 | It was with a sickening sense of shock that his eyes fell at last on the heaps of bodies lying in the shadows of the dock buildings and beneath the pepper trees . |
| 3 | But however we label this stage , it is clear that many , if not most , women experience a quite severe sense of loss when their children leave home . |
| 4 | All heroes are in some measure anti-heroes , after all , if the term means that they are opposed to some antiquated sense of heroism that their creators are eager to question or discredit . |
| 5 | The old woman scarcely said a word and betrayed no emotion , although Martha felt an obscure sense of triumph and her mother was plainly anxious to leave as fast as possible . |
| 6 | Life has taken on a new sense of urgency and my mind is working overtime . |
| 7 | The Albanians , as a predominantly Muslim people , were at a disadvantage compared with their Christian neighbours , despite their keen sense of nationality and their ethnic links with the indigenous Illyrians of pre-classical times . |