Example sentences of "[adv] turn a blind eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment . |
| 2 | It should be Christians , and not only Marxists , who assert that capitalism too easily turns a blind eye to its exploitation of the Third World . |
| 3 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 4 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 5 | We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye , |
| 6 | Whisked ‘ Andrew has always regarded her as a good mother but he can no longer turn a blind eye to her behaviour . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 9 | The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band . |
| 10 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Because there is a way forward , it is about negotiation , it is about hunt the hunting community , it is about sharing ideas and looking for a way forward , going forward from here , well to turn a blind eye to what goes on and vote for that amendment is very similar to what Hitler did in Germany fifty years ago . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Though most developed countries deplore such practices , most either practice them from time to time — as Britain did in its arms dealing with Saudi Arabia — or else turn a blind eye when it suits them . |
| 15 | If events contradict the way we see things , we may either turn a blind eye or resist hotly . |
| 16 | The national populous actually turned a blind eye to atrocities that were happening with human beings . |