Example sentences of "[art] eye for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Barnes first took the eye for Oxford University , and when he appeared opposite Rob Andrew in the Varsity match it was he who represented England 's great hope for the future .
2 ONE IN THE EYE FOR SKY
3 THAT 'S one in the eye for Rod Stewart !
4 ‘ One in the eye for Hitler and that lot , eh ? ’
5 One in the eye for maple scientists
6 He had the eye for detail and concern for quality lacking in Stoll or Samuelson , as well as the sort of business acumen that neither Hepworth nor Pearson had ever displayed .
7 On Sunday mornings during the time of the spring and autumn ploughing , the horsemen often strolled around the parish to view one another 's work , estimating its quality with the eye for detail of an exacting sticker at a furrow-drawing match .
8 This was surely one in the eye for Alice , but Harold , without pause , turned to address the golden visitor .
9 Henry Thornton was a man with flair but with no eye for detail .
10 She turned her from pink to soft blue and grey-green and gold , to the satisfaction of everyone with an eye for colour .
11 Find out how to use your eyes as your best accessory during the Prescriptives ‘ Have You An Eye For Colour ’ promotion .
12 Many skills such as ploughing , using a scythe , working with horses , or developing an eye for livestock may take years to attain ; the later in life you come to it , the slower the progress .
13 MoM : Stockwell , Ipswich ( Gutsy grafter with an eye for goal ) .
14 He is a powerhouse , a battering ram , but also has touch and an eye for goal .
15 She says women have an eye for minutiae , they see the curtain has n't been drawn or the untied shoelace .
16 Kylie has always had an eye for composition and colour , and is particularly gifted in the art of watercolour .
17 That Desmond , I 'm pretty sure , has an eye for money . ’
18 He scored 15 and 1 , but he was clearly a man with an eye for posterity .
19 Directed by Val May , this archly absorbing escapade also features Deborah Watling ( Emma Kent ) , and Rowland Davies as the police inspector with an eye for apprehension .
20 I have an eye for championship clay court style with a technical and a mental approach that I nickname , ‘ heads and feet ’ . ’
21 Queen Mary had such an eye for antiques , you see , if she 'd seen them , she 'd have gone off with the lot .
22 ‘ In my profession , it pays to have an eye for art .
23 It 's tough work staging the Battle of Edgehill , with an eye for authenticity and tough on the props that bring realism to a 350 year old battle .
24 The Determined Potater : This children 's film tells of a spud with an eye for advancement .
25 She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it .
26 What troubles the admirer of Lewis the critic — the man who had such an eye for excellence in the poets of past ages — is that he could be capable of stanza after stanza in which the verse is deadened by flat language , repeated clumsy enjambments and sheer technical incompetence .
27 Ernest had an eye for detail , and Undertown displays this to the hilt .
28 The sketch was from memory , but he had an eye for detail .
29 No good for your keen voyeur with an eye for detail , not even with the curtains open , blurred white shapes , very frustrating .
30 DEVELOPING AN EYE FOR DETAIL
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