Sentence examples for nous in from inspiring English sources

Where do you sit in terms of the balance between numbers and nous in sport?

There was no artisan nous in it, no hands that placed stone and studied the ascent of the arches.

Lisa Porter, manager of Entre Nous in Mount Kisco, takes the name of her boutique very seriously.

This win was not quite in that bracket but it called on Stannard's all-round strength and his tactical nous in the same way.

Olsen lost Perry Kitchen and Davy Arnaud over the winter, leaving DC United short of drive and nous in the centre of the pitch.

Both will be 36 years of age before the season is out, but as the aches and pains pile up in the body, so too does the nous in the brain.

The Allams have the final say and Thompson is heavily involved but Hull are reliant primarily on their manager Steve Bruce's transfer market nous Ins? Ahmed Elmohamady is close to a £2m switch from Sunderland and George Boyd has joined from Peterborough but a new striker and goalkeeper remain priorities.

Chilcot is already dismissed as being an establishment patsy without the legal nous to bring in a conviction – instead he has to rely on the expert advice of a former president of the International Court of Justice.

Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge.

The exodus probably left Quebec poorer, but made French speakers maîtres chez nous (masters in our own house).

The maîtres chez nous ("masters in our own house") philosophy that permeated the government and its reforms was bound to have an influence on federal-provincial relations.