nous - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: Does Eriksson have the tactical nous to fashion a winning team?
  • songwrite: It's a template from which the band rarely deviate, but they've got the songwriting nous to pull it off effectively.
  • lack: We only scored 28 tries last season despite having lots of possession but we lacked the nous sometimes to finish moves off.

Adjective modifier

  • tactical: Does Eriksson have the tactical nous to fashion a winning team?
  • political: A sign of a more relaxed mood inside Broadcasting House or Keating's lack of political nous?
  • commercial: The firm's commercial nous proved particularly useful to clients in this sector, which includes the Eden Project.
  • pop: Following the pop nous of ' Video Killed The Radio Star ' comes ' Kid Dynamo ' .
  • technical: Now he had somebody who could provide the discipline and technical nous that he lacked.
  • financial: DATE NAME COMMENT 18/9/06 Colin Trad and Nigel H. Interesting about financial nous at the club.

Modifies a noun

  • avons: First broadcast: 27th Jan 1997 5. The Disappearing Act " Apparently we've lost a child: nous avons perdu un enfant!
  • sommes: Nous sommes en train de fermer la production du film à Madrid.
  • pas: French: ne nous conduis pas dans la tentation ( TOB [ 1988 ] , Bonnard ).
  • une: Il nous reste une marge de 2 millions de tons.
  • dan: French: ne nous conduis pas dans la tentation ( TOB [ 1988 ] , Bonnard ).
  • y: Ceci nous permet donc de nous y retrouver très facilement.

Noun used with modifier

  • pop: The combination of the bass lines with the techno and pop nous, works very well indeed.
  • business: Does it annoy you that some are surprised or dismissive about your business nous?
  • entre: So, public policy is in favor of arranging circumstances so that letters of negotiation shall remain strictly entre nous.
  • à: C'est à nous, maintenant, de défendre le principe selon lequel chaque nation doit vivre selon ses propres lois.
  • marketing: A property manager with some real marketing nous can earn you thousands every year, just with an intelligent marketing campaign.

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