Example sentences of "not see the wood [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees .
2 To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees .
3 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 .
4 But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees .
5 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 .
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