Example sentences of "a eye to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , with an eye to the other organisations , the sound of pedals being rotated backwards has been deafening . |
| 2 | From this again , if we read with an eye to the preceding context , we can draw further conclusions of a social nature . |
| 3 | You have , by nature , a great deal of common sense , and should life become unexpectedly eventful of confusing , the important thing is to meet things head on with Capricornian determination , and always with an eye to the long-term future . |
| 4 | They have viewed the option of neutralisation cautiously , selectively and with an eye to the political and strategic implications of each particular scheme . |
| 5 | I acknowledge that we must have an eye to the international experience , and our work internationally is to try to ensure that other countries , too , put up their premiums in a way that sensibly recognises the problems of such cover throughout the world . |
| 6 | Within Japanese organization practices , work in the internal labour market seems to be designed with an eye to the collective worker rather than in opposition to the collective worker . |
| 7 | The shortness of the supporting bracket was dictated partly by aesthetics , partly by safety and partly with an eye to the future construction of a reserved track on the seaward side of the traction poles . |
| 8 | By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century . |
| 9 | This able and likeable man was admirably adaptable to circumstances and had something of an eye to the main chance . |
| 10 | A fish with an eye to the main chance . |
| 11 | Certainly , there remain some domains of research which are disinterested , but the incentive to have an eye to the main chance grows . |
| 12 | All of these specialists must be chosen with care and with an eye to the particular skills required . |
| 13 | With an eye to the latest unemployment figures , due today , when the seasonally adjusted total is expected to remain just under the three million barrier , the Chancellor added : ‘ Obviously in the months ahead we are going to have good news and bad news . |
| 14 | All British governments , however large their majority , must have an eye to the next election and an effective opposition will take maximum advantage of that fact . |