1.  It is, provided that other people share your sense of humour and the timing is appropriate.

2.  Race relations, cordial when blacks and whites had earlier shared a sense of purpose, grew increasingly tense.

3.  They also shared a sense of growing frustration with the lack of political reform and democratisation.

4.  Yet, with all the activity getting under way, they also shared a sense of foreboding.

5.  They do not share our sense of causality, and so tend to view events as discrete and unrelated.

6.  Dr Kumar said he had realised many Labour supporters shared his sense of deep shock after the election.

7.  And we can take comfort in knowing that many people before us have shared this sense of devastating loss.

8.  Before she heard about their book, she said, she thought no one else shared her sense of foreboding.

9.  A couple often shares the sense that they were destined to be together.