Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a sense " 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 Caring is frequently viewed as a low status activity , imposing a sense of personal responsibility , and possibly a sense of failure subsequently , depending on the circumstances .
3 However , as the medical picture became more clear , there became more and more a sense of underlying tension , with heroic care being delivered by people possessing the knowledge that it was n't going to work .
4 Though all three sides of the new diplomatic ‘ triangle ’ are interconnected , all too often , states find less connectivity and more a sense of contradictory pulls among the imperatives of choices that can not be avoided , as figure 2.1 illustrates .
5 I exist with a primary school football team and th the two skills that they 're able to develop , the powers of concentration and hopefully a sense of fair play .
6 The longer-term recovering member is able to give the newcomer a sense of identification that someone really does understand the problem from the inside and also a sense of hope that recovery is possible .
7 In his speech to the Scottish County Surveyors ' Society , the Prince called on road engineers to continue their great tradition by building with ‘ sensitivity and even a sense of reverence in the countryside ’ .
8 And that the nobility did not vote in King William for the good of the Commonwealth nor for religion but to preserve their riches and honours ' — a curious speech which combined legitimism with Country Jacobitism and even a sense of class hostility .
9 Then there were the accommodation ships and specially built modules , and the familiar four-legged semi-submersible rigs surrounded by flocks of supply vessels and tugs , and everywhere a sense of urgency .
10 And it was all compounded by a feeling not just of loneliness but more a sense of abandonment , as all the families she had known since childhood began to leave Baldersdale .
11 Behind this privileging of popular culture lies not only an identification with the oppressed masses , but also a sense that Latin-American reality is radically different from that of the developed , industrial West , as well as a search for an identity whose roots are to be found in Latin America itself .
12 Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise .
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