Example sentences of "a eye [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an eye for contemporary styling Verity Lambert agreed that Susan Foreman should have specially-cut hair , radically different from the back-combed , upswept or pony-tail styles of her early Sixties class mates . |
| 2 | And all this in a conflict fought halfheartedly by many Norfolk farmers who had only an eye for renewed state intervention . |
| 3 | ‘ He was one who had an eye for such mysteries ? ’ |
| 4 | It was a good room , she decided , severe , yet opulent She already had an eye for such things . |
| 5 | The main river of the strath is not called Conon but Meig and its headwaters rise on the slopes of Moruisg/Ceannaichean above Achnashellach , giving a through route which was once as busy as Strath Bran but now only sees the rare backpacker with an eye for good cross-country walking . |
| 6 | And our reporters had an eye for many a shaggy dog story . |
| 7 | Mrs Mantini would have had an eye for that . |
| 8 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |
| 9 | Confidence men always have an eye for extra exits . |
| 10 | I have waited hours here , usually on the north side , until called forward to the ferry boat and never regretted the delay ; anyone with an eye for impressive beauty will not regard time spent at Kylesku as wasted . |
| 11 | Tim had an eye for those , he was good at remembering them . |
| 12 | A bizarre by-product has been the recognition of various richly decorated fragments of the church in places as far afield as Barcelona , Venice , Aquileia , and even Vienna , presumably carried off to the West as loot after 1204 , by members of the Fourth Crusade who evidently had an eye for exotic sculpture . |
| 13 | Physical ferocity and an eye for human responses — the latter fostered by my mother — did the rest . |
| 14 | The magnificence of the houses the merchants built for themselves show that they had an eye for artistic effect as well as financial security . |
| 15 | Aesthetically , Londoners will have to draw what consolation they can from the fact that Nicholas Ridley , the former Environment Secretary and a water-colourist with an eye for broader horizons , had some influence in the siting of the gates . |
| 16 | Section 28 must hold a warning for lesbians and gays elsewhere in Europe , particularly with an eye to 1992 . |
| 17 | And , ‘ Favouritism , ’ said yet others , who remembered how the High Queen Dierdriu had ever an eye to dark-haired , blue-eyed young men who smiled with charm and impudence , and who could woo birds from trees and noble ladies into bed . |
| 18 | Although her appointments were made with an eye to preserving party unity as well as recognizing ability , Thatcherites — often young and lacking ministerial experience — were not obvious candidates for promotion at the time . |
| 19 | This year , with an eye to future continental competition , they 're bringing in new standards on value for money . |
| 20 | The Group would review all proposals with an eye to determining issues of policy . |
| 21 | The word list has been created with an eye to current concerns so that students will be exposed to an up-to-date vocabulary that is relevant to them . |
| 22 | At each level , the word list has been created with an eye to current concerns so that students are exposed to an up-to-date vocabulary which is really relevant to their needs . |
| 23 | That , perhaps , is one reason why Mr Clinton has dwelt particularly upon ‘ symbolic ’ politics : like making the armed forces accept gays or staffing his administration with an eye to ethnic ‘ balance ’ . |
| 24 | With an eye to new markets for our technical services , we are developing closer relationships with partners in Western Europe . |
| 25 | Like most shows which are manufactured with an eye to commercial success ( Winnie , High Society , to name only Buddy 's predecessors at the Victoria Palace ) , this one will probably fail . |
| 26 | Thus , although the main aim of our research was to help Wirral Council to develop policies and plan services for heroin users , based on a sound empirical base , we also had an eye to improving methods of estimating prevalence which any community might employ to answer such questions as : How many residents are known to use heroin or other illicit drugs ? |
| 27 | This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand . |
| 28 | No one with half an eye on current trends is mentioning that his main claim to fame used to be as Susan Sarandon 's toy boy . |
| 29 | There 's no money to stake you — if you had an eye on that win from the cockfight — it 's gone towards paying my debts … a drop in the ocean . ’ |
| 30 | He said worriedly , ‘ I hope you 're going to keep an eye on that lot . |