Example sentences of "turn a [adj] eye [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farquhar , at his shoulder , turned a cynical eye on all this worthy , pious mildness , and wondered to himself how long it would last . |
| 2 | It is perhaps not to be wondered that when the clouds of war then appeared , those in high places turned a speculative eye on this , the greatest privately-owned railway organisation in the world , with facilities and space , equipped in a wide range , from precision tools to mighty hammers , forges , foundries , and a tradition of skilled craftsmanship grafted to modern organisational and administrative ability , for a possible source of production of the sinews of war . |
| 3 | Julia Bard ( ‘ The priests have it ’ , 1 May ) rebukes anti-racists for turning a blind eye to religious fundamentalism , and cites a recent issue of the Runnymede Trust Bulletin to illustrate her argument . |
| 4 | Thirdly , as the Government are turning a blind eye to many of the disregards being allowed for people on income support and in residential and nursing care , could that be codified and made safe for all forms of disregard ? |
| 5 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 6 | Many have become lifestyle feminists with husbands and boyfriends who have cultivated the good-humoured acceptance of feminist ideas and who behave as non-oppressive , anti-sexist men , cooking the ratatouille , organising crêches at women 's conferences , and turning a blind eye to untidy houses and piles of dirty washing . |
| 7 | Have the Government finally abandoned the erstwhile Tory doctrine that the rule of law must be upheld in all circumstances , now that the Attorney-General is turning a blind eye to big supermarkets breaking the Sunday trading law and as the poll tax non-payment campaign has apparently recruited the architect 's daughter ? |
| 8 | Thus by prioritizing intention and relegating consequences as accidents — conveniently turning a blind eye to strict liability-corporate officials can proceed to commit corporate crimes because they do not perceive them as such in the first place . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
| 10 | Given the challenge of competitive international markets , the corporate world , at least in its rhetoric , is keen to recruit bright graduates who as managers will be able to turn a critical eye on established practices . |
| 11 | Its permanent members tended to turn a myopic eye to brutal domestic behaviour on the argument that ‘ he may be a sonofabitch but he 's our sonofabitch . ’ |
| 12 | In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . |
| 13 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |
| 14 | He was a taciturn , curiously detached individual who seemed happy to turn a blind eye to any of his tenants ' ’ goings-on' , as Eleanor called them . |
| 15 | The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment . |
| 16 | We can turn a blind eye to some of it , but the point is always reached when he goes too far , and intervention is required , usually only in the form of American attacks by aircraft on his offences in the em , areas where he 's not supposed to penetrate . |
| 17 | Here is clear evidence that the judiciary could and did temper the law with common sense , and did not habitually turn a blind eye to social and economic realities . |
| 18 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |