Example sentences of "they have a [adj] sense " in BNC.

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1 They had a great sense of humour …
2 He they knew that they had a great sense of the weather themselves after being out in it .
3 They had a strong sense of shared identity , had been trained together , and were strongly linked by kinship ties .
4 On one hand , they had a vivid sense of a deep gulf between sacred and profane .
5 Graeme Stephens , John Moreland , Chris Bellis , Gordon Headley and Mike Travis played fictitious characters named Chris , Joe , Raimo , Norman and Tom , and , said Graeme , who is managing director of LASMO Colombia ; ‘ Our VIP group showed they had a fine sense of humour by entering into the fun , and no libel suits have surfaced yet ! ’
6 And they have a real sense of being more credible .
7 For example owls and other predatory birds such as buzzards have binocular vision and acute hearing although they have a poor sense of smell .
8 Men and women may or may not be moral in practice in 1700 , but there is no doubt that they have a common sense of morality which is itself bound up with a religious world-view .
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