Example sentences of "having a [adj] sense of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She needs reassurance from adults and can take on the worries of the world , having a strong sense of justice and fairness . |
| 2 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 4 | At a time when a good public image is essential for universities , English is unable to explain itself in ways immediately intelligible to the outsider , is notoriously riven with doubts and disagreements that prevent it from having a shared sense of purpose , and may at intervals erupt into crises that attract the wrong sort of publicity . |
| 5 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 6 | Conversely , those to whom citizens accord deference have been characterized by having an in-bred sense of duty . |