Example sentences of "[det] a [adj] sense of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years after her conversion to strictness of life , she was sexually attracted to a man she knew well , although she seems to have had just before this a grandiose sense of her own imperviousness to sin . |
| 2 | Such a new sense of community requires a common culture , a cultural democracy . |
| 3 | Although the wording of the Act suggests that it could be used in cases of abuse , it seems that there is such a general sense of unease about the law as it stands that some new and especially designed statute will be necessary for effective provision . |
| 4 | Such a fragile sense of identity , such a ceaseless , hopeless questing , I could not help but sympathise with : how many books had I seen which asked Who Are The Scots ? |
| 5 | ‘ I felt such a terrible sense of loss and failure . |
| 6 | Jess felt such a deep sense of disappointment that she was startled by it . |
| 7 | rather I do n't think the advertising industry had such a strong sense of duty but I assume |
| 8 | She had such a strong sense of being in the right , of having behaved in a morally correct manner . |
| 9 | Many owls have such a perfect sense of hearing that they can locate and catch small creatures in the pitch dark , landing upon them with the claws correctly aligned to grasp them along the spine . |
| 10 | Few countries have shown such a remarkable sense of responsibility to their station buildings as New Zealand . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a tragic scenario and Prince Charles has such a high sense of duty I am amazed he allowed himself to get them both into this situation . |
| 12 | No poet in the twentieth century has had such a conscious sense of his own work , or of the tradition in which he was operating . |
| 13 | ‘ And with such a wicked sense of humour ! |
| 14 | Yet through it all a strong sense of caring pervades and a feeling of friendship which is not easy to find in the Western World . |