Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [adj] eye of " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we pause after the first phase of our acceptance are we to rely on exams for all to prove ourselves worthy of the kindly eye of the state ? |
| 2 | Safe in the central eye of the storm , they had ten or fifteen minutes in which to reach the comparative safety of the track leading up through the rain forest to the President 's cabin . |
| 3 | Here the sales staff glided about with languid grace more reminiscent of Paris than New York , the house models managed to look like elegant advertisements for Varna even after a long session of standing stock still while a toile was pinned and draped and adjusted around them , and even when a rail of sample clothes had to be wheeled across the hallowed expanse of green , carefully hidden inside grey and black sample bags to make sure they were safe from the photographic eye of a fashion spy , it was managed with what Hugo referred to as ‘ panache ’ . |
| 4 | No longer would their errors be held to ridicule in respect of run-outs , stumpings and certain other contentious issues ( but not lbws or bat-pad catches — though there could be a case for relieving the umpires of the task of no-balling ) ; nor could players justifiably feel disgruntled for the superior eye of the camera would be deciding their fates with pronounced accuracy , ensuring that justice was done and seen to be done . |
| 5 | But it quickly became apparent to the practised eye of Brainsby that Branson required little advice in the matter of public relations — or , for that matter , in dressing up . |
| 6 | Here , a group of young Muslim girls in new mirror-work costumes were sitting cross-legged under the watchful eye of their father ; each one wore a tinsel hairband plaited into her pigtails . |