Example sentences of "with an eye [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had the personality for it , strong , aggressive and with an eye to a bargain . |
| 2 | Since the many responses will be presented in a statistical way ( that is in tabular form ) the well-designed schedule will be drafted with an eye to the presentation of the results in a clear and simple fashion . |
| 3 | Lord Taylor 's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public 's expectations . |
| 4 | You must surely be right when you say in your editorial today ( ‘ Judging public mood ’ ) that judges should dispose of cases on their merits rather than , as Lord Chief Justice Taylor suggests , pass sentence with an eye to the public 's expectations . |
| 5 | Research being carried out with an eye to the development of new theory … is not in conflict with basic conceptual frameworks or methodological allegiances in the field as a whole . |
| 6 | It looks very much as if the version in the manuscript came first and Purcell did some polishing before the piece was printed — in the treble clef , of course , with an eye to the market . |
| 7 | The sergeant had already mapped out in his own mind , with an eye to the wind , the speed of the flow and the amount of debris being brought down , the procession of spits , shoals , curves and pools where a heavy piece of flotsam would be likely to cast up , beginning immediately below the village of Moulden , which lay just below the Aurae Phiala enclosure . |
| 8 | Craftsmen with an eye to the future like Benjamin would be quite likely to make fairly late marriages — there would be a lot of saving up to do first , and the better established one was , the better the chances of attracting a lady of some substance . |
| 9 | Simon Draper , in particular , realised that as the Sex Pistols began to disintegrate it was Lydon who was ‘ the valuable commodity ’ , and that Virgin should be putting some effort into cultivating a relationship with him , with an eye to the future . |
| 10 | It has its own value , but should always be given with an eye to the future ’ ( 4 ) . |
| 11 | Eusebius , the ‘ father of church history ’ and biographer of the first Christian emperor , commented in his Life of Constantine on the ‘ hypocrisy of people who crept into the church ’ with an eye to the emperor 's favour . |
| 12 | Sunil Gulati , chairman of the competition , said : ‘ We will use this tournament with an eye to the World Cup . ’ |
| 13 | Small-town solicitor takes lid off global scams Audrey Gillan meets the man with an eye for a con and finds the Salvation Army is one of a long list of potential fraud targets |
| 14 | He did not look like a wolf , but he did look like a young man with an eye for a girl , and techniques that would bear watching . |
| 15 | The docks , the University of London , the theatre in the age of Kean , the London art world , Rudolph Ackermann and British commerce are all examined in the marvellous introductory essays by Simon Jervis , Ian Jenkins , Celina Fox and others which combine detailed research with an eye for the smell and feel of the city . |
| 16 | The volatile Scot , currently on a month 's loan to Birmingham City after being transfer-listed by Southampton , lines up against Newcastle with an eye on a move back into the Premier League . |
| 17 | With an eye on the corridor outside , I tried one of the latches and was n't surprised to find it locked . |
| 18 | With an eye on the branch office , IBM has introduced a new low-end multiprotocol router : the 6611 model 120 . |
| 19 | His own brother , with an eye on the throne , allied himself with Richard , Duke of Gloucester ( later Richard III ) , and accompanied a Yorkist army headed for Edinburgh ; but , in the face of a compromise suggested by the provisional government , changed his mind . |
| 20 | With an eye on the election in 1995 , this latest action bears all the hallmarks of a bid to shore up his position with support from the land-hungry peasants in the countryside . |
| 21 | With an eye on the trend for people with time on their hands to take up neglected crafts such as paint finishing and upholstery , Parissien notes , ‘ There are lots of courses on 101 things to do with furnishing fabrics , but there 's less for the layperson about structure , about actually saving your house . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What I 'm not offering is an easy passage with an eye on the clock . ’ |
| 23 | Young people lead their lives with an eye on the future , and with a sense of the potential for further work or achievement . |
| 24 | With an eye on the speed indicator , he eased the main out an extra couple of inches and did the same for the jib . |
| 25 | I 'm writing with an eye on the oven because the filo pastry left over from the Salmon & Pesto Parcels is turning golden on the Filo-Topped Apple Pie . |
| 26 | With an eye on the number of recording breaks he could schedule , he elected to use one to do a ‘ locked-off roll-back and mix ’ . |