Example sentences of "sense [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the word ‘ ordinary ’ , much used by John and others , contained a wish for the future as well as a simple description of their own selves , their tastes , their conventional senses of fun and their lack of wealth . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The audience got his sense of concern that his heiress daughter would be happy . |
| 6 | She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Nor will she be able to look forward to that sense of completeness when her grieving is over which is experienced by the widow whose marriage was happy , and she will have some difficult emotional adjustments to make in order to come to terms with her situation , in which both love and life seem to have betrayed her . |
| 9 | Jeanne was drawn to Modi , not only by his looks but because of his talent , his sense of style and his dangerous reputation with women . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If people entering this issue align their aesthetics and texts to a field which operates between their sense of self and their relationship to the movement , the changes to both will create the base of their continued aesthetic change and growth . |
| 12 | In the campaign of 1960 , Kennedy generated an excitement and sense of expectation that his more experienced Republican rival , Richard Nixon , was unable to match . |
| 13 | He had no language for his sense of exile but his music , which would not be transmitted . |
| 14 | Yet while she empathizes with her Haitian contacts and admires the beautiful and mysterious celebrations she sees performed , she never forfeits her sense of humour nor her commitment to the truth . |
| 15 | Ramsey lost neither his sense of humour nor his power of mimicry when he became an ordinand . |
| 16 | ‘ All the ladies impressed us with their charm , their sense of humour and their vivacity . |
| 17 | Romanians have lost their sense of humour and their attitudes are characterised by aimlessness . |
| 18 | Romanians have lost their sense of humour and their attitudes are characterised by aimlessness . |
| 19 | His energy , his sense of humour and his melodious voice made a deep impression . |
| 20 | In a word , to enlarge the sense of reality and its impact on the human being . |
| 21 | Reflecting on the parson 's fortitude in distress , his manifest care for his wife , and his humble acceptance of divine will , Agnew had felt a sense of shame that his original impulse had been clouded by the passing years . |
| 22 | Besides her undoubted love for Prince Charles , her sense of duty and her deep desire to carry out a useful role in life were factors in her fateful decision . |
| 23 | Life has taken on a new sense of urgency and my mind is working overtime . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , for most pre-school children , their sense of meaning and their self-esteem derive primarily from their interactions with their mothers . |
| 26 | And so finely tuned is its sense of hearing and its appreciation of timing that it will go on feeding until the very last minute , only springing to safety after the rattler has launched its otherwise deadly final strike . |