Example sentences of "[verb] turn a blind eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 2 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 3 | Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm |
| 4 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
| 5 | We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire . |
| 6 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
| 7 | Honouring someone does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 10 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 11 | Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . |
| 12 | Next month RW&P talks to the main men and gives an in-depth look at the Italian scene and asks whether rugby can afford to turn a blind eye . |
| 13 | In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing . |
| 14 | Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son 's misdemeanours , which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth , Elena seemed almost to prefer Nicu 's bad behaviour to Valentin 's modest and retiring example . |
| 15 | The same people who had turned a blind eye as they passed Clary in their snooty fashion , would regard this esteemed gentleman with admiration , perceiving Clarence , as a high-class citizen of Chichester . |
| 16 | The authority plans to stop turning a blind eye to disability and war pension income when calculating community benefits charge and housing benefits . |
| 17 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 18 | English-speaking countries , however , have been relatively unaware of this activity because of language barriers , or if aware of any aspect of it have turned a blind eye due to a lack of understanding of the background of the method or a disinterest in the findings of Quantum Physics . |
| 19 | For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out . |