Example sentences of "see [art] wood for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more a matter of approaching the book 's arguments from within a milieu of relatively academic contemporary art theory and being unable to see the wood for the trees . |
| 2 | A succession of avoidable mishaps can so sap morale and resources , that it becomes impossible to see the wood for the trees , and your energy is exhausted reacting to emergencies . |
| 3 | possession of detailed knowledge of the issue under negotiation yet able to see the wood for the trees . |
| 4 | It is often difficult for people in organisations to see the wood for the trees , and it is very , easy to concentrate on large amounts of internal detail while ignoring important trends in the outside world . |
| 5 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 6 | Nourse J in the Chancery Division agreed with the finding of the Special Commissioners and felt that the Inland Revenue had failed to see the wood for the trees ( p457e ) . |
| 7 | As you know arms control negotiations are incredibly detailed and rather arcane subjects , er so it 's a little tricky to see the wood for the trees in this one , but er arms control , obviously C F E — the Conventional Forces in Europe — er is very much an issue that will be on the table . |
| 8 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 9 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 10 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 11 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 13 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 14 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 15 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 16 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 17 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 18 | Can we see the wood for the trees ? |
| 19 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 20 | Used as in this instance , it helps one to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 21 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |