Example sentences of "turns a blind [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The rules stipulate clubs must field the strongest team available , but the FA turns a blind eye as the top teams clearly do not do so . |
3 | Rugby , whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot , turns a blind eye to fighting on the field . |
4 | The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band . |
5 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
6 | It should be Christians , and not only Marxists , who assert that capitalism too easily turns a blind eye to its exploitation of the Third World . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The government also orders , or turns a blind eye to , more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet . |
9 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
10 | They both did a lot of lobbying , which you 're not supposed to do , but the college turns a blind eye to it . |