Example sentences of "[adv] see the [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sometimes you could not see the food for the trees . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics . |
| 8 | ‘ Then you are a trifle short-sighted and do not see the general for the particular . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 12 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 13 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 14 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 15 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 16 | You ca n't see the trees for the forest |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't see the prick for the codpiece ’ . |