Example sentences of "[verb] by eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already programs are being written that will automatically define the amount of white space each character of a new type-face needs in which to breathe , if it is not to look cramped ( at the moment this time-consuming procedure is done by eye ) . |
| 2 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 3 | f , Voltage dependence of the uptake current ( ○ ) and [ ClO ] o rise ( ○ ) evoked by 30μM Glu ( curve drawn by eye ) . |
| 4 | According to Longacre ( 1979 : 116 ) , the orthographic paragraph can result from a writer 's stylistic concerns , ‘ partially dictated by eye appeal ’ , or from printing conventions such as an indentation for each change of speaker . |
| 5 | Some sites can be detected by eye , with a tell-tale slight depression or different shade of grass pointing you in the right direction . |
| 6 | Subjects D and E were chosen from the same batch of plant pots as being roughly the same size when judged by eye alone . |
| 7 | The black-and-white images can be converted to false colour by computer , which looks much prettier , and is easier to interpret by eye , although it does n't really give more information . |
| 8 | ( 1975 ) analysed the data collected in their experiment with a view to seeing whether more accurate responses were given to verbal questions which were followed by eye movements to the right than to verbal questions eliciting leftward eye movements . |
| 9 | The gap between him and his pursuers widened ; and at the same moment , though they were invisible and their volley could not be followed by eye or ear , the Welsh archers deployed all along the rim of the forest loosed their shafts together . |
| 10 | What 's it mean by eye contact ? |
| 11 | The process can be watched under a low power dissecting microscope , but this is not absolutely necessary as the cell spreading can be readily observed by eye . |
| 12 | Although the height of terraces can be estimated by eye by an experienced observer in closely mapped country to a sufficient degree of accuracy , it is safer to determine the heights instrumentally . |
| 13 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |
| 14 | That is , the intense visual experiences of dreaming during REM sleep are signalled by eye movements because the eyes are actually scanning the images generated by the dream . |
| 15 | An intensely dutiful , rather dour man , he was plagued by eye troubles and as a result he shunned fashionable society . |
| 16 | In practice it is enlarged to 60° and obvious distortions around the fringes of the work are adjusted by eye . |
| 17 | Although it is quite reasonable to ask a human being to search by eye through a moderate number of drawings of artefacts it is not reasonable where thousands are involved . |
| 18 | Another advantage is that the file is printable , and can be checked by eye if necessary . |
| 19 | This creates the basic outlines and from there I work by eye with a small piping nozzle and several different colours of royal icing . |
| 20 | Use a string as a guide to accurate shaping at the beginning of the season , thereafter working by eye . |
| 21 | The autoradiograph was read by eye . |