Example sentences of "[noun] with an eye [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | These became , in fact , the almost exclusive preserve of Hammer Films , a company that had been making skilfully-marketed pictures with an eye on the US B-movie market since the late 1940s . |
| 4 | ‘ What I 'm not offering is an easy passage with an eye on the clock . ’ |
| 5 | Young people lead their lives with an eye on the future , and with a sense of the potential for further work or achievement . |
| 6 | A fish with an eye to the main chance . |
| 7 | The Tooth Fairy and Other Stories , by John Miles shows him to be a photographer with an eye for the bizarre ( until 21 Feb ) |
| 8 | Lord Taylor 's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public 's expectations . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This week , the company opened its first European office in London to serve US expatriates and UK investors with an eye on the US market — locking horns in the process with its main American rival , Fidelity Brokerage , which set up shop in the UK four years ago . |
| 11 | Instead , the governance of academic institutions is liable to be reduced to mere technique , under the control of managers with an eye on the bottom line . |
| 12 | Sunil Gulati , chairman of the competition , said : ‘ We will use this tournament with an eye to the World Cup . ’ |
| 13 | By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century . |
| 14 | Sally Booth , THE ARTIST WITH AN EYE FOR THE EVERYDAY |
| 15 | And being a conniving little toady with an eye for the main chance , he proclaimed that the second should equal exactly the time it took to say ‘ praise Caesar ’ . |
| 16 | One reckless fellow with an eye on the main chance ( for there is always one ) picked up a discarded camera and prepared to take another polaroid . |
| 17 | The designation marking the canonization is frequently deleted so that Val merely sounds like a dilettantish scamp with an eye for the girls and a desire for a good time . |