Example sentences of "not see [art] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 2 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 3 | I 've not seen the wife for a month . ’ |
| 4 | He was a lawyer who had not seen the Shah for the last twenty years . |
| 5 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sometimes you could not see the food for the trees . |
| 10 | However , Gayoom said that he did not see the need for a formal defence treaty between the two countries although India would continue to train the Maldives ' security forces . |
| 11 | Having read the resolution of the 1990 Congress of the Communist Party , I am in broad agreement with the positions adopted , except for one : I do not see the need for an ‘ association ’ alongside the Party . |
| 12 | We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you are a trifle short-sighted and do not see the general for the particular . |
| 14 | While the BBC told us it would be ‘ done ’ in the best possible taste , there will still be many viewers who found the scenes last night disturbing those who can not see the forest for the trees . |