Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [art] blind " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 2 | They both did a lot of lobbying , which you 're not supposed to do , but the college turns a blind eye to it . |
| 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 | Editor , — In their photographic report of a patient with a bubble of gas trapped within his cupped optic disc Lumina P Lanigan and colleagues ask , ‘ If the optic disc represents the blind spot in the visual field , why was this patient aware of such bubble sight ? ’ |
| 7 | There are no photoreceptors at the head of the optic nerve , and hence this area forms the blind spot . |
| 8 | Sometimes the state turns a blind eye . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |