Example sentences of "[vb infin] a sense [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mountbatten hoped this would stimulate a sense of urgency from Dorman-Smith , but he was not stirred . |
| 2 | It may demonstrate a sense of outrage toward the criminal and the enjoyment of seeing the wrongdoer punished and justice being done , given that in the majority of crime stories and programmes the criminals come off worse . |
| 3 | For one thing , any hopes my father may have had that to meet the General in person would arouse a sense of respect or sympathy to leaven his feelings against him proved without foundation . |
| 4 | My experience is that a change would bring a sense of relief . |
| 5 | Hence , in some measure , if not crises then problems were wished for because their solution could give a sense of purpose . |
| 6 | Remember , poise and good deportment can be cultivated , and achieving them will give a sense of well-being and an improved mental attitude , for you can never feel completely at ease if you are self-conscious about your appearance and movements . |
| 7 | The next requirement is that subordinates must feel a sense of responsibility to achieve . |
| 8 | I do feel a sense of apathy . ’ |
| 9 | Not only will you feel a sense of achievement but you will have re-educated your way of eating and the way you think about yourself . |
| 10 | Remember to try and feel a sense of poise , elegance and harmony flow over you as you perform them . |
| 11 | Partners and competitors of IBM Corp that have suffered at the company 's hands will feel a sense of schadenfreude that the company is brought so low , and will reflect on how right they were when they said back in the late 1970s and early 1980s that if the US Justice Department split the company up as it was then threatening to do , they would have four or six IBMs to compete with rather than just one . |
| 12 | The student will not feel a sense of guilt if she sits down to talk to an anxious patient . |
| 13 | Those who can not measure up to text-book success may feel a sense of guilt or failure . |
| 14 | Though Amiss was not entirely convinced that Trueman had been murdered , he did feel a sense of unease about the Admiral 's safety , so he was relieved to see that he seemed to be getting on rather better with his committee colleagues than the Sunday experiences had promised . |
| 15 | Both single people and married couples may feel a sense of frustration as the years in which they had planned to be more free to go out and about , and less restricted financially , are circumscribed by the demands of caring . |
| 16 | So they will also feel a sense of relief and release . ’ |
| 17 | She says anyone who 's watched Morse would feel a sense of anti-climax . |
| 18 | Remember to try and feel a sense of beauty and slimness flow over you as you perform them . |
| 19 | Remember to try and feel a sense of grace and well being flow over you as you perform them . |
| 20 | In these scenes where characters attempt to break out of their proper medium , the audience or reader should feel a sense of impropriety or disorder , as if some basic law were being denied . |
| 21 | He could feel a sense of power and satisfaction , as though his whole life had been lived for this . |
| 22 | Employees may feel a sense of powerlessness in taking on a large organization or it may be that advisers are more reluctant to take on large organizations . |
| 23 | On an evening when he had broken the silence with one of his quietist cracks she would feel a sense of remorse and insufficiency descending on her , and hours later find herself in the larder , eating the remains of whatever was under the meat sieve and weeping that she should do something so self-defeating and stupid . |
| 24 | In a society in which achievement is highly valued , and where people compete for jobs in an apparently open market , people may feel a sense of failure if they admit they have ended up in a job with which they are dissatisfied . |
| 25 | I do n't mind a sense of humour as long as you burn me offstage when you 're doing it . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't mind a sense of humour as long as you burn me offstage when you 're doing it . ’ |
| 27 | They must provide a sense of order and predictability for children . ’ |
| 28 | The performance of hygiene functions can be relaxing in themselves , and can provide a sense of security in the knowledge that one is socially acceptable . |
| 29 | And ardent environmentalists should keep a sense of proportion . |
| 30 | But let us keep a sense of proportion . |