Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that the stripes are intended not for the eyes of lions but for the eyes of other zebras ? |
| 2 | In the second stanza we find him still in the classical world , though this time it is the Greek rather than the Italian , and it begins by being the Greek seen not through the eyes of Frazer , but through the eyes of Keats . |
| 3 | It is salutary to learn how we appear not simply through our own eyes , but through the eyes of an objective assessor . |
| 4 | He argued that the incident must be looked at , not through the eyes of the reviewing court , but through the eyes of a reasonable man . |
| 5 | These herbs may be easy enough to distinguish for the sighted , but through the eyes of Frank Gardner , it would seem an impossible task . |
| 6 | But in the eyes of other electors Ramsey had merits . |
| 7 | But in the eyes of government departments , trying to meet the goal of ‘ clean water for all by 1990 ’ , those villages have had their share . |
| 8 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |
| 9 | Jean de Grilly 's behaviour towards the house of Béarn had been bad enough in 1284 , but in the eyes of the count the arrogant and arbitrary actions of Eustache de Beaumarchais 's lieutenant in 1292 were even worse . |
| 10 | Philippa was ousted by her uncle , William IV 's younger brother , but in the eyes of her descendants she had been the rightful Countess of Toulouse and periodically they went to war to re-assert that claim . |
| 11 | Her charms increased every day , not only in my eye but in the eyes of all who beheld her , for my mother took the greatest delight in her waiting maid . |
| 12 | This was the bird 's only talent , but in the eyes of its owner , the unfortunate Henri K — , it was a talent worth all the others . |
| 13 | But in the eyes of the law she is a woman in name alone |