Example sentences of "[noun prp] turn a blind eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 3 | The rules stipulate clubs must field the strongest team available , but the FA turns a blind eye as the top teams clearly do not do so . |
| 4 | There is no question of the SFA turning a blind eye to the incident … |
| 5 | Incidentally ; the choice of these two films represents a critical opinion , not only of their special effects though these are outstanding too , even if Oscar turned a blind eye but of the films as a whole . |
| 6 | 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 . |