Example sentences of "[art] [adj] feeling that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He yearned to reach London , was no less anxious than his uncle and his brother to reach the capital — and yet he had the curious feeling that time was not on his side . |
| 2 | Are we looking for freshness and flavour , or are we happy to forgo these for the headier feeling that longevity might be achieved if we avoid imbibing pesticide residues . |
| 3 | The deep-seated feeling that man 's nature is essentially structured to survive nomadically and that he needs to be on the move in some way if he is to be satisfied , is complemented by the mystics ' witness that true human fulfilment is the concomitant of what is experienced as a spiritual journey to a goal beyond time that is occasionally anticipated and known in time , the element within which our curiously mixed physical and spiritual natures cohere and mature . |
| 4 | There can be the desperate feeling that life has passed them by , and they stand on a precipice , wondering whether to jump into the arms of the first person who offers , or risk endless loneliness. , |
| 5 | By the end of the nineteenth century , then , there was a strong feeling that religion , like everything else , should be studied in the light of science . |
| 6 | He understood all right , but he had a dim feeling that dignity was all the same compromised by what Anna proposed to do . |
| 7 | Charles had known the full implications of the situation for only twenty-four hours , but he had a sick feeling that time was running out . |
| 8 | In Taiwan , though , which likes to keep up with the West , there is a growing feeling that smoking should not be encouraged . |
| 9 | But from the early 1980s there has been a growing feeling that policy and practice were beginning to diverge . |
| 10 | There is a general feeling that syphilis , until recently thought to be almost under control , is now recrudescing . |
| 11 | The establishment of the NAO followed the passing of the National Audit Act of the previous year , 1983 This Act , and the other developments discussed in this section , arose because of a general feeling that reform was long overdue . |
| 12 | Despite a general feeling that project work was more interesting than first- and second-year experiments , there was much dissatisfaction with the projects ; some students , particularly at C , complained that they had received very little advice on selecting a project , others that they had not been allowed to choose the project they wanted . |
| 13 | You know a miracle will not happen but you find yourself behaving as if it might : we canvassed , those weeks before the election , with a heady feeling that success was round the corner . |