Example sentences of "[to-vb] a blind [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | But to disqualify Eugenius from the running is to ignore the twanging power inherent in ‘ Flame On ’ ; to pass over Kelly 's weary woefulness ; to turn a blind ear to the plethora of lovely guitar flicks and calmly-slashed chords which litter ‘ Breakfast ’ and ‘ Buttermilk ’ like mouldy cabbages down Walthamstow High Street on market day . |
2 | We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire . |
3 | ‘ It is hard to turn a blind eye to something so obvious and widespread , ’ wrote the author of a forestry text in 1962 . |
4 | 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 ’ . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son 's misdemeanours , which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth , Elena seemed almost to prefer Nicu 's bad behaviour to Valentin 's modest and retiring example . |
7 | He was a taciturn , curiously detached individual who seemed happy to turn a blind eye to any of his tenants ' ’ goings-on' , as Eleanor called them . |
8 | In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . |
9 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
10 | The aristocracy have found that out to their cost and that 's why they 're often willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional by-blow , provided it 's handled discreetly . |
11 | In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing . |
12 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
13 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
14 | Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm |
15 | Because there is a way forward , it is about negotiation , it is about hunt the hunting community , it is about sharing ideas and looking for a way forward , going forward from here , well to turn a blind eye to what goes on and vote for that amendment is very similar to what Hitler did in Germany fifty years ago . |