Example sentences of "the [adj] sense [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the technical sense it is perfectly possible for an organisation to have a hierarchical structure and to have popular and participatory decision-making . |
| 2 | In the technical sense he is correct . |
| 3 | " We can not close the report without mentioning the great satisfaction expressed by the Mayor and Corporation and Inhabitants of the Town of Stockport at the re-establishment of the School , and the high sense they entertained of the liberality and kindness of the Goldsmiths ' Company . " |
| 4 | But in the specialized sense it covers a range of disciplines which apply to most types of literature , and it has made a very positive contribution to the understanding of the Bible . |
| 5 | If only we had something of the social sense they had in Germany , we might manage to give our young people the experiences they ought to have … [ in Germany ] the rambling movement … [ has ] reached enormous proportions — 2,500 hostels provide shelter for 6d per night … . |
| 6 | In the broadest sense they are what Edington and Edington ( 1986 ) describe as ‘ active physical pursuits ’ such as skiing , climbing and sailing . |
| 7 | What you said of Alexander Selkirk 's monologue , the good sense you made of the ramblings of my John Bunyan , your understanding of the passion of Iñez de Castro … gruesomely resurrecta … but that is enough of my egoistical mutter , and of those of my personae , who are not , as you so rightly remarked , my masks . |
| 8 | But in the legal sense she supposed he did nothing worse than truant from school . |
| 9 | The shorter this is , the more sense it makes to take the lump sum , rather than deny yourself for a longer-term pension that you will not be around to enjoy . |
| 10 | Apprentices could be sanctioned by neither , and in the general sense it is hardly surprising that resort to corporal punishment was so common . |
| 11 | Physics is physics , is n't it , you ca n't really discuss … not in the same sense you can discuss a novel or something , you ca n't really discuss a formula . |
| 12 | It can include the immediate team of tutors and clinical teachers within the school of nursing , but in the wider sense it includes the medical staff and all trained staff of wards and departments , each with their special skills , personalities and valuable experience . |
| 13 | It 's helpful in the context of the dollar preference shares we want to issue because one of the factors of this very small , and as you say cheap er , historic issue of preference shares is that , er no preference shares other than those can be repaid prior to that and the dollar shares we wish to issue which are permanent shares , can be er , can be erm repaid at our option and we do want to keep that flexibility in the context of either if interest rates get very high or if the tax treaty between the U S and the U K changes to make them more onerous on the company and in those circumstances we would be inhibited by the existence of this small historic issue of preference shares and therefore it is on balance , although you 're quite right there , a cheap er , source of capital in themselves it is helpful to the company in the wider sense I believe if they are repaid . |
| 14 | In the stricter sense it is nearly a four percent increase but that statistic itself is absolutely meaningless . |
| 15 | VAL makes the best sense it can of its argument . |
| 16 | What matters is that , regardless of their manufacturers , the devices themselves are enemies of each other in the special sense I have defined in this chapter . |
| 17 | Suzanne Greenhill , 20 , had been blindfolded — depriving her of the last sense she could have used to identify the attacker — and her underwear had been stuffed in her mouth . |