Example sentences of "has [art] [adj] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans are professionals and Swallow is an amateur , which , we recall , has the primary sense of ‘ lover ’ . |
| 2 | Anyone who deals with Ottoman institutions will know how perilous is the task of trying to define terms , since a number are possessed of multiple significations , often changing over a period of time , and the particular sense intended in any given case is not always clear from the context : will serve as one example , another , and , in the learned profession , which has the limited sense of a student at the Sahn and the wider sense of any student in " higher " education , that is , at a 20-akce medrese or above . |
| 3 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 4 | At last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too . |
| 5 | Thus even though know has the operative sense in this use , the operation of obtaining knowledge is seen merely as the condition for predicating the infinitive 's event of the direct object . |
| 6 | Co-acting with the syllable con- in the passage above is the suggestive use of joie ( joir ) ( cf. the passage from Le Pescheor de Pont seur Saine , above , where it has the clear sense of sexual ecstasy ) , the equally suggestive emphasis on the " entering " of the castle by the knight , and the ambiguity of the past tense of avoir , ot , meaning either " there were " or " she had " . |
| 7 | I followed the path through the grass and flowers , and Bill the dog , who has no aesthetic sense at all , occasionally attacked a clump of cranesbill by rolling oil it . |
| 8 | She has a terrific sense of humour . |
| 9 | Let us for the moment take it as established that dog has a general sense , denoting the whole species , irrespective of sex . |
| 10 | Richard says he has a tremendous sense of history as he works in the woods . |
| 11 | He 's pretty straightforward and has a nice sense of humour — almost British in fact . |
| 12 | Sunday lunch has a suitable sense of occasion about it and for many people it is the only time of the week when they can relax and enjoy a leisurely get-together with family or friends . |
| 13 | He has a flawless sense of colour and form , and realises an ideal balance between formal clipped structure and drifting floral ephemera , springing delicious surprises upon the enchanted visitor . |
| 14 | Individually they are slow ; the characters are wafer thin and have little individuality ; there is no evidence that the author is excited by language ; there is little evidence that she has a developed sense of humour . |
| 15 | The work has a masterly sense of proportion , an elegiac richness of palate and a spiritual far-sightedness which lent a radiant depth to the work 's mythological tapestry . |
| 16 | He has a classic sense of gastronomic order . |
| 17 | ‘ Private schools ’ has a narrow sense , now slightly archaic , in which it refers to schools run for profit by teacher-entrepreneurs ( a minority , especially at secondary level ) ; in this sense , the term ‘ private schools ’ is opposed to ‘ public schools ’ , which are not profit-making . |
| 18 | The use of the term legatarius makes it much harder to rely on the explanation that legare has a broad sense ; there was after all an accepted term , fideicommissarius , for the beneficiary of a trust . |
| 19 | When one watches Brian Way teach a class of children , as I have had the privilege to do , one has a strong sense of coherence in theory and practice , but what people take from a theoretical book can often be a distortion of what was actually intended by the author . |
| 20 | Ideas about not ‘ burdening others ’ with personal problems , that discussing them denotes some kind of ‘ personal weakness ’ , are common within the older generations , especially when the prospective counsellee has a strong sense of personal dignity and pride . |
| 21 | Stone , a man who has a strong sense of his own importance if nothing else , has told Premiere magazine that he hopes the film will be a ‘ Vietnamese Gone With The Wind ’ . |
| 22 | One can not be surprised when , quite apart from reservations in the social worker himself about handling sexual matters , the worker has a strong sense that , if he even tries , his particular behind may mark the end of a long chain of kicks ! |
| 23 | a mature , capable woman in her twenties who has a strong sense of her own individuality … . |
| 24 | IT IS as well that the Princess Royal has a salty sense of humour . |
| 25 | At best , Mr Griffiths has a useful sense of humour , and he does not spare Rustichello a single revelation of his own insignificance . |
| 26 | He has a great sense of humour and will keep you all well-amused . |
| 27 | She also has a great sense of reserve . |
| 28 | ( You may swear that your dog has a great sense of humour but all that tail-wagging is apparently just a greeting signal ! ) |
| 29 | She also has a great sense of humour . |
| 30 | She has a good sense of humour , and very sporting : in other words a very nice person . |