Example sentences of "[be] in the eye " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We are in the eye of the storm , ’ he said . |
2 | But ‘ beauty ’ and ‘ wonder ’ are in the eye of the beholder and that eye has itself evolved . |
3 | ‘ But we are in the eye of a gathering storm . |
4 | BEAUTY may be in the eye of the beholder , but the aim of much television advertising is to convince him that it is also within his grasp . |
5 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
6 | Like all prophecy , the signs were in the eye of the beholder , and perhaps another witness would have seen quite different forms In the blur . |
7 | Apart from the odd person coming in who might be dampening down a collar of their leisurewear , looking a touch harassed , you 'd never know we were in the eye of a storm . |
8 | She could n't bear this any longer , this toing and froing of his emotions , tossing her around as if she were in the eye of a tornado . |
9 | It 's in the eye of the beholder . |
10 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
11 | Besides , age is in the eye of the beholder . |
12 | Essentially cleanliness is in the eye of the beholder so under normal circumstances an area is clean if the ‘ inspector ’ thinks it is clean . |
13 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder : so the poet will see beauty where another will see only ugliness . |
14 | But beauty is in the eye of the beholder . |
15 | To some extent what constitutes a helpful and what constitutes an unhelpful behaviour is in the eye of the beholder ( see Customer satisfaction on page 46 ) . |
16 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , of course , and what he is seeing in his mind 's eye , after years of study into world-wide distribution of disease in relation to diet , is the stool of someone unlikely to die from cancer of the bowel . |
17 | → Beauty is in the eye of the beholder . |
18 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
19 | Sophistication is in the eye of the beholder . ) |
20 | ( Overleaf ) Beauty is in the eye of the beheld . |
21 | In the final analysis , beauty is in the eye of the beholder , and essentially a personal matter . |
22 | Perfection is in the eye of the beholder , but Paul Clarke reckons that it does n't help if the beholder who made the piece is over critical of the workmanship . |
23 | That the Oxford English Dictionary should define disorderliness in terms of ‘ violating moral order , constituted authority , or recognised rule ’ simply serves to reinforce concern that the section may be seen to create an offence whose commission is in the eye of the beholder . |
24 | Like beauty it is in the eye of the beholder . ’ |
25 | BMP files were n't of good quality , and , since beauty is in the eye of the beholder , I 've pulled out some of the screens that I like . |
26 | He observes that , ‘ if Parliament be in the eye of the law a supreme legislature , the essence of representative government is , that the legislature should represent or give effect to the will of the political sovereign , i.e. of the electoral body , or of the nation . ’ |
27 | Which of the two was in the eye of the beholder . |
28 | But the " miracle " that Nithard saw in the safe delivery to Charles at Troyes of regalia from Aquitaine was in the eye of the beholder . |