Example sentences of "not see the wood [prep] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |