Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a blind " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both did a lot of lobbying , which you 're not supposed to do , but the college turns a blind eye to it . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , just the small matter of the DGSE turning a blind eye to arms sales to Iranian terrorists in return for the release of our French hostages in Beirut . ’ , |
| 3 | Though mercy killing is still officially illegal , the law turns a blind eye to the 2.4 per cent of Dutch deaths which are accounted for by it . |
| 4 | But as long as these extra-curricular affairs are conducted discreetly behind closed departmental doors , the academic establishment turns a blind eye . |
| 5 | Dreaded teacher turns a blind eye |
| 6 | Members of the Academy turned a blind eye to the black marketeers , because the Seven Planets needed food and supplies and the corporations would n't trade with independent worlds . |
| 7 | Such people were either doctors of high status who knew the individual personally , or someone on the selection panel with particular knowledge of or interest in disability ; for example , a person interviewing a blind candidate had had a visually impaired son . |
| 8 | The attention is not so much of a problem when the dogs are puppies as the idea is to train the dog to not be afraid of people , but when this happens to a fully trained guide dog accompanying a blind person it can cause problems . |
| 9 | This healing miracle restored a blind man 's sight . |
| 10 | Sometimes the state turns a blind eye . |
| 11 | Stalin 's collectivization and industrialization drive launched at the end of the 1920s was accompanied by untold horrors : acute deprivation of workers and peasants alike , epitomized by a catastrophic famine in 1933 to which the government turned a blind eye ; repression and imprisonment on a truly mass scale ; and the blood-letting of the Great Terror of 1936–38 . |
| 12 | ‘ It simply is not good enough for the government to turn a blind eye ; Darlington needs more police officers , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Then it was the latter 's turn to make a blind swing into a bottomless groove to start the second pitch . |
| 14 | Changes in the law to this effect have taken and are taking place , while jurisdiction turns a blind eye towards much which would once have been rigidly repressed . |
| 15 | Collegians , McCluskey was once again on hand to finish a blind side move and score in the corner . |
| 16 | The alternative if the British public turns a blind eye , she believes , is the prospect of a dark day when , because of the colour of their skin , two young Middlesbrough-born and bred women may not be allowed to reach the safety of their home . |
| 17 | He seems to be obsessed with investing every penny , while at the same time turning a blind eye to the needs of his growing family . |
| 18 | Ruth saw she could n't last long ; her face had a blind look , as if she could no longer see through the dazzling fire . |
| 19 | If such a hole-to-block relationship is to be defined then a number of expert rules can be established as follows : 1 ) The domain of " hole " must have a " touching " relationship with the domain of " block " on at least one face to produce a blind hole . |