Example sentences of "a blind eye to " in BNC.
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| 31 | And while the British Government was turning a blind eye to the export of machine tools from Matrix Churchill , Dr Al-Habobi was happy to report his success to Saddam Hussein . |
| 32 | Honouring someone does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness . |
| 33 | Though mercy killing is still officially illegal , the law turns a blind eye to the 2.4 per cent of Dutch deaths which are accounted for by it . |
| 34 | And turned a blind eye to the sinking S** . |
| 35 | Whisked ‘ Andrew has always regarded her as a good mother but he can no longer turn a blind eye to her behaviour . |
| 36 | Thus by prioritizing intention and relegating consequences as accidents — conveniently turning a blind eye to strict liability-corporate officials can proceed to commit corporate crimes because they do not perceive them as such in the first place . |
| 37 | For their part , the Conservative-dominated National governments of Baldwin and Chamberlain in Britain , engaged in their policies of appeasement towards the fascist powers , were anxious to prevent the Spanish war from spreading , even at the cost of turning a blind eye to the involvement of Italy , Germany and the Soviet Union . |
| 38 | Our knowledge of all these sides of religious life at Canterbury at the time of the Conquest has had to be reconstructed by laborious scholarship , largely because Lanfranc turned a blind eye to every aspect of a native religious tradition . |
| 39 | By turning a blind eye to the activities of moderate Puritan laymen and clergy while at the same time dealing harshly with Presbyterian extremists , king and archbishop ensured that the first fifteen years of Abbot 's primacy were some of the most tranquil in the religious sphere during the entire century following the break with Rome ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 40 | Problems to be tackled by additional restructuring and ‘ administrative ’ reforms ( some on the East German or Czechoslovak pattern ) , greater levels of investment in yet more priority areas , exhortation and other ad hoc remedies ; a blind eye to the ‘ second economy ’ rather than a policy for it ; consensual pattern of decision-making maintained and élite interests nurtured . |
| 41 | The government also orders , or turns a blind eye to , more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet . |
| 42 | The metaphor is unusual , drawing attention to the invitation to whitewash , cover up , turn a blind eye to evil . |
| 43 | Here is clear evidence that the judiciary could and did temper the law with common sense , and did not habitually turn a blind eye to social and economic realities . |
| 44 | Rather than turning a blind eye to the polishers and legislating against the scuffers , we should more logically allow no interference … on either side of the ball . |
| 45 | In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . |
| 46 | turned a blind eye to fibre optics , |
| 47 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 48 | So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic . |
| 49 | Not even the fine citizens of Ecoville who have to get their rake-off too , or they would n't turn a blind eye to it . |
| 50 | They were attached to the Royal Irish Constabulary yet had no police training , and , knowing the British Cabinet would turn a blind eye to their activities , they had quickly proved uncontrollable . |
| 51 | The aristocracy have found that out to their cost and that 's why they 're often willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional by-blow , provided it 's handled discreetly . |
| 52 | Marasli wanted nothing but a quiet life , and turned a blind eye to Miloš 's encroachments . |
| 53 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 54 | In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing . |
| 55 | Many have become lifestyle feminists with husbands and boyfriends who have cultivated the good-humoured acceptance of feminist ideas and who behave as non-oppressive , anti-sexist men , cooking the ratatouille , organising crêches at women 's conferences , and turning a blind eye to untidy houses and piles of dirty washing . |
| 56 | Turning a blind eye to his presence was one thing , he said , but being party to malicious damage quite another . |
| 57 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |
| 58 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
| 59 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 60 | So why not turn a blind eye to it in a world dogged by unemployment ? |