Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the right eye the converse is true . |
| 2 | Since then , all the display vats in the undercover sales area have been treated the same way , turning what could easily be run-of-the-mill fish transit into a feast for the inquiring eye . |
| 3 | TREATMENT FOR THE ENTIRE EYE CONTOUR AREA . |
| 4 | I had considered that perhaps the clues to the several lost treasures were concealed in the fabric of the buildings , that clues might be readily available for the discerning eye — although , logic would surely dictate otherwise . |
| 5 | The indicative offer follows this stage and sets the scene for the formal eye ball to eye ball negotiations . |
| 6 | No longer would their errors be held to ridicule in respect of run-outs , stumpings and certain other contentious issues ( but not lbws or bat-pad catches — though there could be a case for relieving the umpires of the task of no-balling ) ; nor could players justifiably feel disgruntled for the superior eye of the camera would be deciding their fates with pronounced accuracy , ensuring that justice was done and seen to be done . |
| 7 | I can only just make it out and I wrote it No charge for the free eye sight test . |
| 8 | Malebranche had argued , moreover , that the argument from the relativity of perception was just as applicable to primary qualities such as extension and motion : what looks small to me will seem large to a mite ; some movements may be too slow for the human eye to detect . |
| 9 | In extreme cases the search for order among the chaos can become too difficult for the human eye alone . |
| 10 | And somewhere tucked away at the back of one 's mind was the knowledge that every crystal in the vast whiteness , though too small for the human eye to see , was fashioned like a flower or a star . |
| 11 | They are used because of their alleged efficiency , the two main spectral lines of sodium being emitted at nearly the peak of the colour response curve for the human eye . |
| 12 | In 1968 , the last word in its title was dropped to make way for the National Eye Institute . |
| 13 | The answer to Question 2 is equally clearly yes , provided only that the difference between the modern eye and its immediate predecessor X is sufficiently small . |
| 14 | The latest work , Phosphor , is an exploration of the relationship ‘ between the human eye and its ability to make sense of colour , shape and light . ’ |
| 15 | I saw then , through the one eye that would open , that my fire was scattered , that only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there . |
| 16 | These numbers are given in the histogram at the left , 1 meaning that a cell could only be activated through the contralateral eye , 7 that it could only be activated through the ipsilateral eye , and intermediate numbers indicating intermediate degrees of ocular dominance ; thus group 4 means that both eyes affected the neuron equally . |
| 17 | This attitude may seem intensely romantic , but was acceptable to Eliot because sanctified through the anthropological eye . |
| 18 | Here he sits in front of one of his own paintings which , by using double exposure , appears through the left eye in which he was going blind . |
| 19 | These numbers are given in the histogram at the left , 1 meaning that a cell could only be activated through the contralateral eye , 7 that it could only be activated through the ipsilateral eye , and intermediate numbers indicating intermediate degrees of ocular dominance ; thus group 4 means that both eyes affected the neuron equally . |
| 20 | Worn as an amulet they even warded off the evil eye and , in a more generalised form , are still carried for this purpose by Italians today . |
| 21 | Eusebio made the sign of the Hammer across his chest like a peasant warding off the evil eye . |
| 22 | One or two snatched up their children and held them close , making signs to warn off the evil eye . |
| 23 | The elimination of the real eye is also achieved in various ways . |
| 24 | While we pause after the first phase of our acceptance are we to rely on exams for all to prove ourselves worthy of the kindly eye of the state ? |
| 25 | In such cases , tests show that only the ear on the side of the blue eye is deaf . |
| 26 | Two distinctive features of the cormorant are a patch of white feathers where the legs meet the body , and another area of white extending from the rear of one eye under the head to the rear of the other eye . |
| 27 | Since her fiancé was a close friend of one of the Private Eye writers , Alex shook her head . |
| 28 | Some authors have reported that right eye sighting dominance is more common than a dominant left eye among dextrals while the association between the side of the preferred eye and preferred hand is less predictable among sinistrals ( Friedlander , 1971 ; Porac and Coren , 1975 ) . |
| 29 | He realised that we can see more than half way round a small cylinder and that three views are available : that of the right eye , that of the left eye , and the total sensation , giving three outlines . |
| 30 | If one surface , A , is closer than another , B , then the image of A relative to B on the retina of the right eye is slightly to the left of the image on the left retina . |