Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visually it is less tiring for the eye to follow a smooth than a serrated or intermittent line . |
| 2 | Probably for that reason as much as any other , the Manchu appearance seemed impossibly alien to the eye . |
| 3 | Holland was an unbleached linen with a glazed surface and , though slightly less attractive to the eye than bleached linen , had the same properties , with the addition of being water-resistant , an important matter to be taken into account when dead bodies were concerned . |
| 4 | The lush , unique colours that make Rosemary clay so pleasing to the eye , now also please with fittings featuring precision unmatched by traditional manufacturing methods . |
| 5 | A horse in good condition should have a flat back , even a ‘ double spine ’ or ‘ tiger spine ’ ( where the Mesh and muscle is raised on each side of the spine in two ridges ) ; the rump should be rounded ; and the ribs well-covered and not visible to the eye . |
| 6 | Then run your hand across the surface in order to detect any bumps or depressions not visible to the eye . |
| 7 | Also there was no other way to express her sense of something having arrived from somewhere else , something normally invisible to the eye choosing to put on a human form . |
| 8 | Both in far more pleasant to the eye |
| 9 | How much more pleasing to the eye and the higher senses were the gleaming unbroached jars in the pantry , and how I suddenly hated the men who had assured me that in their attentions lay my fulfilment . |
| 10 | The generous buffet is both pleasing to the eye and the taste buds , with free wine to get you in the mood for an evening of entertainment . |
| 11 | Distant walls disappear in a fog of dust as dense to the eye as the black fogs of old London . |
| 12 | Use light to medium pressure to avoid dragging the skin , and be particularly careful around the eye area . |
| 13 | The species of angler fish that lives in the Sargasso Sea is blotched and betasselled in a way that matches the floating sargassum weed so closely that the angler is virtually invisible to the eye of a human being , just as it is to that of a small fish , a shrimp or any other marine creature that might drift through the surface waters of that stagnant sea . |
| 14 | Aesthetically pleasing i.e. pleasing to the eye ? |
| 15 | This part of the banner , the lower half , was too calamitous for the eye . |
| 16 | Garda is a charming old village that is very easy on the eye . |
| 17 | Ken Russell 's production is certainly easy on the eye , but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle . |
| 18 | Also , the time scale is often too rapid for the eye to follow the phenomena ; high-speed photography or some other special technique may be needed . |
| 19 | The radiometer can detect the difference ( very obvious to the eye ) in the leaf area of the plants at these temperatures . |
| 20 | Slow at first , the motion gathered speed until it was too dazzling for the eye to follow . |
| 21 | total and irrecoverable loss of all sight in one or both eyes rendering the Insured person absolutely blind in the eye or eyes beyond remedy by surgical or other treatment |
| 22 | It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel . |