Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a blind [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 2 | To many , scepticism has seemed a blind alley and yet , somehow , unavoidable , and much of the literature of the twentieth century has paraded its nihilism as being intellectually justified by the power of the sceptical position . |
| 3 | Their designers have discovered a blind spot in the way humans play chess , and they have built machines with one ability : to sit in that blind spot and stab out of it , over and over , during the course of the game . |
| 4 | It is as though the panel has developed a blind spot which does not admit the possibility that the newcomer might win . |
| 5 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 6 | For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out . |