Example sentences of "the eye [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individual governors are understood to be unhappy at the tax arrangements and the way it appears to have damaged Mr Birt 's credibility in the eyes of licence payers . |
| 2 | The fact that the agreement is sustained by threats of market sanctions rather than a binding contract makes it no less explicit , at least in the eyes of antitrust law . |
| 3 | As the eyes of incredulity |
| 4 | In the process , certain individuals were made to pay a price , if only in the eyes of posterity . |
| 5 | There is yet another figure whose importance , in the eyes of posterity , was to be distorted and diminished . |
| 6 | The new economic freedom in Russia and today 's new private capital needs not only to grow , but to find some moral refinement and justification in the eyes of society . |
| 7 | However irksome it may be to have inaccuracies published about one 's life or behaviour — dates mis-stated , non-existent meetings described , and qualifications mis-attributed — there must be a " sting " in the falsehood which reflects discredit in the eyes of society . |
| 8 | Collins only wants a wife because he feels that in the eyes of society it is about time for him to be married and to have settled down in life . |
| 9 | She is a more acceptable creature in the eyes of society than the domineering Mrs. Proudie . |
| 10 | More feels this presence of the past when ‘ we look into the eyes of love ’ and obtain ‘ for one supercelestial moment — the glimpse of a reality never before imagined , and never again to be revealed ’ . |
| 11 | But it is not only the speech , it is also the simplicity of the vocabulary , as it is seen through the eyes of Finn . |
| 12 | In conclusion I would say that the book itself is good and the style is brilliant , as you are able to see things so well through the eyes of Finn . |
| 13 | It has been rightly said that these remarkable statements can only be seen as Hitler 's wish to make manifest his work in the eyes of history . |
| 14 | Like the rest of the water-borne world , they can see parts of the spectrum invisible to the eyes of land creatures . |
| 15 | A company must be predominant in the eyes of decision makers . ’ |
| 16 | As he has no theoretical framework and no fundamental economic background , he is limited essentially to extrapolation of short-term clusters of newsworthy items , as seen through the eyes of newspaper editors and reporters . |
| 17 | It is not surprising , given the political climate of the 1980s , that there have been moves to improve the administration of public services by introducing management techniques more often associated ( in the eyes of government supporters at least ) with private enterprise . |
| 18 | ‘ In the eyes of government officials , therefore , ’ he says , ‘ businessmen do not appear simply as the representatives of a special interest , as representatives of interest groups do . |
| 19 | But in the eyes of government departments , trying to meet the goal of ‘ clean water for all by 1990 ’ , those villages have had their share . |
| 20 | Galbraith has described the denomination of corporate enterprise as ‘ private enterprise ’ as ‘ a formula for hiding public business behind the cloak of corporate privacy ’ ; it is a device for diverting the eyes of government and the general public ‘ from things like executive compensation , lobbying , political activity by executives and employees , profits , and bureaucratic error or nonfeasance ’ . |
| 21 | It is not right to do things half heartedly ; looking at them with the eyes of philosophy . |
| 22 | Originally scheduled for the United States in October , the switch has been made because of the current state of anarchy in American offshore politics , particularly in the eyes of championship promoter , Mario Revenna , of Italy . |
| 23 | We must come back with haste , but as we travel let us also reflect on some of the things we see : looking with the eyes of discernment for the hand of the Enemy on the controls of the engine of progress . |
| 24 | Armchair birdwatchers can see red kites and peregrine falcons through the eyes of painter Bruce Pearson in David Cobham 's Birdscape on Channel 4 on Thursdays in May and June . |
| 25 | His will to win has become a compulsive passion , a virtue that makes him a figure of loathing in the eyes of opposition fans . |
| 26 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 27 | Andrew , England 's most capped fly-half with 50 , remains first-choice in the eyes of manager Geoff Cooke but Barnes has applied increasing pressure with a string of excellent displays , including last Saturday 's blinder for the Barbarians against Australia . |
| 28 | But unless elderly parents can be regarded as being , in the eyes of equity , significantly less worthy of protection than married women , it is difficult to reconcile the ‘ agency ’ approach adopted in Coldunell Ltd.v . |
| 29 | COURTNEY PINE : To The Eyes Of Creation |
| 30 | At the beginning of May , 1682 , ‘ The Christian Carrier ’ was married to Isabel Weir , the ceremony being conducted — illegally in the eyes of officialdom — by the Reverend Alexander Peden . |