Example sentences of "sense of [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at him with a rising sense of panic that she tried to conceal . |
| 2 | She had gone from happiness to misery and back again in what seemed no more than hours , and the speed of the changes had left her with a sense of unreality that she found impossible to shake off . |
| 3 | Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera . |
| 4 | Martha and Dominic recall how they lost their sense of fun when they moved in together . |
| 5 | Yet , at the same time , practical programmes that ignore justice in retributive terms are not only likely to prove unacceptable , but are also likely to be self-defeating : the sense of injustice that they generate militates against the effectiveness of their programmes . |
| 6 | This resentment , this sense of injustice that they have put in more than their fair share of time , energy and guts , was the most frequently struck note . |
| 7 | You do n't seem to have any sense of direction since you left Mummy . |
| 8 | I also think it 's a question of being able to provide , certainly at the top of a company , a sense of direction and I find it hard to see how you can have an absolutely clear sense of direction unless you yourself are able to assess the essentials as you see them for success in your particular trade . |
| 9 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 10 | A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow . |
| 11 | I also think it 's a question of being able to provide , certainly at the top of a company , a sense of direction and I find it hard to see how you can have an absolutely clear sense of direction unless you yourself are able to assess the essentials as you see them for success in your particular trade . |
| 12 | By looking for faults in his behaviour , by constantly diminishing him with little criticisms — he neglected their boy ( at school in Randung ) , he was cold , he was selfish , he was an inadequate and clumsy lover ( did she dare ) , he never listened to other people , he had no sense of direction because he was always getting her lost in foreign capitals — she made him feel a kind of leper , different from and inferior to the run of men . |
| 13 | Consequently , he is continually having to hold on to a sense of humility while he listens to other people , otherwise he can too easily defend himself by taking up a judgemental posture . |
| 14 | Richard says he has a tremendous sense of history as he works in the woods . |
| 15 | I have to admit that I felt a strange sense of elation as I hit him again , in fact I plumbed the depths of bad taste by yelling , ‘ Never one around when you want one , is there , Jack ? ’ as Armstrong bounced for the second time . |
| 16 | Such gifted people will , however , be most effective in churches where there is a prayerful concern and sense of expectancy and which have an ongoing programme of evangelism . |
| 17 | Most of all the cheerfulness of it ; his uncles ' jokes , the traditional fare of eggs and bagels ; the pervading sense of loneliness after they had all gone home — his uncles last of all . |
| 18 | That these may be continuing problems is evident by a study by Bauman ( 1964 ) who found partially sighted pupils to be particularly insecure and with a greater sense of loneliness when they were integrated into open education systems . |
| 19 | When performed well , as well as looking good , it produces a sense of well-being as you smoothly come out of the turn at speed . |
| 20 | There is still the need for a challenge in life and a sense of responsibility or whatever you like to call it . |
| 21 | In a voluntary way a voluntary capacity working I mean in in this sense in my there is a sense of responsibility and I find that good and challenging which is perhaps one of the reasons why I like doing these courses because you you er a certain amount of stress and responsibility is is . |
| 22 | There is a sense of regret when he talks about how : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Rachaela felt a sense of freedom as she walked home . |
| 25 | Although many of the original grammar school teachers are no longer at the school there is still a strong academic ethos amongst some of the senior teachers , though this is sometimes more a sense of nostalgia than something realized in their teaching . |
| 26 | If you want special dishes with a difference that still have a sense of occasion and which are both tasty and good for you , then you could n't do better than choosing Tilda Basmati rice . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | From afar it looks like the classical volcanic cone and it is with a mounting sense of excitement that I climb the last section of loose lava gravel and sharp , welded lava rock . |
| 30 | It is therefore not only with a sense of excitement that I approach my new responsibilities , but also with a keen awareness of the importance of IT to industry , to the service sector , to research and to the strength and wellbeing of the UK as a whole . |