Example sentences of "a sense of [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depression , which is expressed in tears , can follow or else a sense of outrage at not being taken seriously , which can explode in the form of tears of rage . |
| 2 | I still feel a sense of pride at having been a member of the Three-Ninetieth . |
| 3 | Either like a snap of the fingers , leaving a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the line between existence and history could be crossed , or else it was damned hard labour which could seem to take forever , like attempting to snuff out one of those trick candles where the flame dodged and dipped but would n't disappear . |
| 4 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 5 | Anyone who is not relaxed and glowing with a sense of well-being at the wheel of a good Stag should keep their money in the building society . |
| 6 | This rift in work relationships can be shattering , producing a sense of redundancy at a time when it is too late to retrain or seek another label and identity . |
| 7 | ‘ We want people to develop a sense of fun at winning , rather than a fear of losing , ’ said M Varlan . |
| 8 | And finally , it is the ability to open the arms of memory to welcome them back as a valued part of the whole life experience , with which it is possible to live at peace , without pain , and with a sense of completeness at last ; and when this has been accomplished the bereaved are ready to embrace life again . |
| 9 | The children 's immediate reaction was a sense of relief at having arrived somewhere . |
| 10 | Fortunately the low 85-knot rotation speed comes up in no time at all , providing a sense of relief at being airborne before losing control of the situation . |
| 11 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 12 | He will appreciate that there will be not only a sense of relief at Yarrow , but a great sense of pride that the company has been entrusted with that order . |
| 13 | Many experience a sense of guilt at taking out a hedge or destroying a copse of trees for purely economic reasons and farmers , no less than anyone else , do not like to be reminded of something which , in the abstract , they might find difficult to justify . |
| 14 | But if there was a sense of excitement at the meeting about these new results , there was also a sense of urgency . |
| 15 | His mind filled with primitive lore and with a sense of awkwardness at the numerous exhausting social roles he had to play in addition to that of the London banker , Eliot wrote to Mary Hutchinson in 1920 worrying about his inherited characteristics and suggesting that he might be a savage himself . |
| 16 | Their latest album , Wish ( Fiction/Polydor ) , not only includes a song called Wendy Time , but it also celebrates the durability of Smith 's most precious asset , miraculously unimpaired by the passage of the years : his ability to retain a sense of wonder at each manifestation of the most basic of human emotions . |
| 17 | a sense of wonder at beauty , especially the beauty of nature ; 2. artistic creativity ; 3. the experience of personal rapport with other people ; 4. altruism ; 5. the fact of love . |
| 18 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
| 19 | Karen welcomed this as further evidence of my tact and seriousness , which she ascribed to a sense of responsibility at the prospect of becoming the pater of a tiny foetus . |
| 20 | It is still with a sense of amazement at the flights of human inanity that Ruth Michaelis relates the experience of her brother Martin , who found himself in serious trouble with his foster family : |
| 21 | It is then that the atmosphere of peace becomes tinged with a sense of sadness at such a loss … beauty desecrated . |
| 22 | Their peculiar Techno mutation is the one most likely to find favour with music lovers , as they do n't discard a sense of melody at the altar of rhythm . |
| 23 | The elation of witnessing birth may be followed by a sense of disorientation at being a displaced person . |
| 24 | The shock , after so many years of never knowing who the man was , woke her , but with such a sense of loss at this interrupted coitus she could n't sleep again for mourning it . |
| 25 | One could experience a sense of ecstasy at the disclosure of nature 's secrets and a sense of the sublime in contemplating its works . |
| 26 | This was tolerated as long as they did so out of a sense of liberation at being at home , i.e. through choice not force . |
| 27 | The guilt of that rashly administered vodka , combined with a sense of shame at decades of serving up meals of such a consistency that it is impossible to tell where the food ends and the plate begins , is obviously weighing heavily on his shoulders . |
| 28 | She stroked his body , feeling a sense of power at his groan of appreciation . |