Example sentences of "is in the eye " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Besides , age is in the eye of the beholder .
3 Essentially cleanliness is in the eye of the beholder so under normal circumstances an area is clean if the ‘ inspector ’ thinks it is clean .
4 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder : so the poet will see beauty where another will see only ugliness .
5 But beauty is in the eye of the beholder .
6 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 ) .
7 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 .
8 → Beauty is in the eye of the beholder .
9 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick .
10 Sophistication is in the eye of the beholder . )
11 ( Overleaf ) Beauty is in the eye of the beheld .
12 In the final analysis , beauty is in the eye of the beholder , and essentially a personal matter .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Like beauty it is in the eye of the beholder . ’
16 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 .
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