Example sentences of "[noun pl] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Found in red peppers and chilli peppers , capsaicin causes a sensation of burning pain in the mouth by triggering the trigeminal nerve , which has branches in the eyes , nose , tongue and mouth . |
| 2 | An alternative was to insert cowrie shells in the eye sockets of wooden images like those found as far apart as Togoland , the Philippines and New Zealand . |
| 3 | Having said this , the question still remains as to whether such records , particularly where associated with unfamiliar curricular approaches , can successfully challenge the status of external examination certificates in the eyes of the world at large , especially parents and employers . |
| 4 | Although many of their fans are too young to realise , United have generally been seen as the town 's two-bit team , little more than camels in the eyes of the Dens Park faithful . |
| 5 | He drove an Escort XR3i complete with fluffy toys , and had moved to Lilac Gardens in the eye of the housing price slump , aided by the bequest of a dead aunt . |
| 6 | A focus upon changing aspects of a rapidly developing local community embracing social , technological and ecological perspectives had a number of advantages in the eyes of the library committee : ( 1 ) they wanted to begin something that was ongoing and to which resources could be added ; |
| 7 | It was proposed that there are endings ( or receptors ) within the nervous system which are attuned to specific types of energy , For example , retinal receptors in the eye respond to light energy , cochlear endings in the ear to vibrations in the air , and so on . |
| 8 | When the old Roman city was revived and became London again , from the late ninth century on , one of its prime functions in the eyes of King Alfred and his successors was as a bulwark against the Danes ; his boroughs had a major defensive role to play , and London was the greatest of them — one of the very few cities of this age which came wholly to fill a Roman enceinte . |
| 9 | Exactly much , much , better than any pokes in the eye with a sharp stick ! |
| 10 | The overall aim of this audited approach to devolution is to strengthen the quality partnerships between SCOTVEC and centres and thereby to enhance the currency of SCOTVEC awards in the eyes of candidates , parents , employers and other users . |
| 11 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 12 | Mrs Browning had declared it was all too bad , too dreadful an imposition to have been responsible for and that she would not be able to look the Ogilvys in the eye ever again after causing them such vexation . |
| 13 | In the short section headed " Links with the curriculum " , the proposal simply says : The contacts made by the committee must be cemented by regular discussion within subject areas to create awareness of the library resources in the eyes of the pupils . |
| 14 | It also enabled an assessment of the adequacy of the provisions in the eyes of the respondent . |
| 15 | A professional register organised by the British Agrochemical Standards Inspection Scheme aims to raise the professionalism of personnel in the eyes of farmers and public . |
| 16 | It becomes just two fingers in the eye type of thing . |
| 17 | A number of explanations suggest themselves for this strange impulse towards self-effacement in men who loved power , besides the official one that it served to maintain the standing of the native authorities in the eyes of the people . |
| 18 | Put the false teeth in , and the pennies in the eyes , and and that sort of thing . |
| 19 | In his Herball of 1597 John Gerard drew attention to the use of distilled water of roses for strengthening the ‘ heart , liver , kidnies and other weak entrails ’ , while Nicholas Culpeper advised a ‘ decoction of Red Roses made with Wine ’ for ‘ the Headach and pains in the Eyes , Ears , Throat and Gums ’ ( The English Physitian Enlarged , 1652 ) . |
| 20 | Edward Topsel , the English naturalist , writing in 1658 stipulated that , to cure blindness , or pains in the eye : ‘ Take the head of a black Cat , which hath not a spot of another colour in it , and burn it to powder in an earthen pot leaded or glazed within , then take this powder and through a quill blow it thrice a day into the eye ’ — the italics were not used in the original , but are to draw attention to the crucial quality of the black cat who is about to lose his head . |
| 21 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 22 | And in 1528 , Patrick Hamilton , one of the great martyrs in the eyes of John Knox and John Foxe , was burned for heresy at St Andrews . |
| 23 | By attempting to discredit a few respected scientists in the eyes of the public they try to cast doubt upon the standing of the whole scientific community . |
| 24 | There were tears in the eyes of the farmer as he shook us warmly by the hand . |
| 25 | There were tears in the eyes … a mixture of pride and fear in the faces as the good ship Dodo 's Delight prepared to set sail for the rest of the world … |
| 26 | Twelve performances later , then one can look critics in the eye , and invite challenge . |
| 27 | Some of the people who became the greatest successes in the Bible were the weediest failures in the eyes of other people at the time . |
| 28 | It also means calling into further question the neutrality of these UN forces in the eyes of the Serbs and Croats , and thus the neutrality of all the UN 's providers of aid in Bosnia . |
| 29 | But he was also a war hero who had commanded small ships in battles in the Channel , for which he had been awarded two DSC 's , and the son of Scott of the Antarctic who then , even more than now , was a national hero of mythic proportions in the eyes of most of us . |
| 30 | The mere fact of being on the streets , ill-clothed and ill-fed makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police , and easy targets for death squads . |