Example sentences of "[art] eye for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And one famous quote during a court case he presided over was : ‘ The old law of the eye for the eye and a tooth and for a tooth has no place in civilised society . ’ |
2 | It was another smack in the eye for the establishment . |
3 | The docks , the University of London , the theatre in the age of Kean , the London art world , Rudolph Ackermann and British commerce are all examined in the marvellous introductory essays by Simon Jervis , Ian Jenkins , Celina Fox and others which combine detailed research with an eye for the smell and feel of the city . |
4 | Even those who had never met her could tell from her letters and articles that she had something special ; an eye for the kind of colourful details people would remember . |
5 | To have a Coronation Street star and Cilla Black introducing your rallies showed an eye for the bathetic . |