Example sentences of "[art] blind eye " in BNC.

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1 And the blind eye creates
2 The incentive given to savings and loan associations to invest as riskily as they could , the blind eye turned to supervision of thrifts and banks alike , the abolition of tax credits for investment : all were passed on almost without friction by the smooth wheels of finance .
3 A chapter on homebuilt organisations around the world is instructive , not least to learn that whilst amateur-built aircraft have had official blessing ( or at least the blind eye treatment ) in many Eastern Bloc countries for a decade or more , getting approval to fly a homebuilt in Italy and Germany has been a hard-won struggle against obstinate bureaucracy .
4 The blind eye , Eric .
5 Turning a blind eye could cost you a great deal of money in lost orders and lost production , and it certainly wo n't help them or their colleagues who have to work with them .
6 We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire .
7 Rugby , whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot , turns a blind eye to fighting on the field .
8 He seems to be obsessed with investing every penny , while at the same time turning a blind eye to the needs of his growing family .
9 He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked .
10 Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom .
11 There was no question that Darby , a former part-time youth leader at George Green Youth Centre , Tower Hamlets , had merely turned ‘ a blind eye ’ to the drug-taking , he said .
12 The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment .
13 Camp authorities are either unaware of this or turn a blind eye .
14 Men like Pugin , Ruskin and William Morris turned a distasteful and then a blind eye to the fast growing urban sprawl and preferred to live in genuine or fake medieval houses by rivers or lakes .
15 Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet .
16 ‘ Council 's turned a blind eye to it previously but I 'm in charge now and I 'm booking you under the Fireworks and Public Entertainments byelaw . ’
17 Their attempts to impose conditions on a man like Henry VIII only show how far , in the initial stages , they were turning a blind eye to the implications of their policy .
18 Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance .
19 ‘ It is hard to turn a blind eye to something so obvious and widespread , ’ wrote the author of a forestry text in 1962 .
20 It worries me that turning a blind eye to the deliberate starvation of these patients is portrayed as contributing in some way to the high ethical standards of the nursing profession . ’
21 There are occasions when the Nelson touch is needed and a blind eye turned when events are not turning out quite as well as planned .
22 It can sometimes mislead people who perceive clearly the fallacies the metaphor invites and therefore reject it altogether , turning a blind eye to the true insight it encapsulates .
23 The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band .
24 turning a blind eye to harassment of you by your colleagues ;
25 Some parents are better at turning a blind eye than others .
26 If sweet reason and turning a blind eye are not enough and you feel you have to use some form of punishment , do so without excessive anger or physical force .
27 There is no question of the SFA turning a blind eye to the incident …
28 This has encouraged teachers to turn a blind eye to LMS in the hope that somehow , somewhere , someone will do something to protect them and their pupils from ‘ it ’ .
29 We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye ,
30 As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion .
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