Example sentences of "under the eye of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , under Hugh MacLennan , he was able to form his judgment and turn his phrases under the eye of a skilful novelist , in Louis Dudek 's adroit hands he was able to fashion and test his poetic acumen to the full ; both were to be of absorbing interest to him . |
| 2 | The audience file in to discover three actors sitting ragged and disconsolate under the eye of a fourth who is reading the Bible and shouting ‘ Shut up ! ’ at intervals . |
| 3 | But Hull 's stumbling poetry suggested that the contra war could also be made transcendent : an ideological and moral imperative , part of the ‘ manifest destiny ’ of America to civilize the hemisphere , as earlier adventurers had phrased it , under the eye of God . |
| 4 | In 1200 , for example , Hubert fitzRalph paid 30 marks in respect of his manor and wood of Crich , and William fitzWakelin 60 marks for his manor of Stainsby , all in Derbyshire ; in 1205 William of Eynesford obtained a similar charter for his manor of Stockton , and in 1209 Henry Biset owed the king £100 for the disafforestment of his wood of Borley and manor of Kidderminster , according to the metes and bounds declared under the eye of the Chief Justice of the Forest and the knights of the county of Worcestershire . |
| 5 | We who have not lived under the eye of the secret police should not be smug , says JOHN KEEGAN |
| 6 | They testify to the long hours he has spent working under the eye of his father , Bob . |
| 7 | The filming was to take place at the National Theatre under the eye of the distinguished director Mr Hugh Hudson . |
| 8 | They ignore that what is learned at Highlander is usually tested in real life , and under the eye of unrelenting opponents , not in the classroom under the eye of a tutor . ’ |
| 9 | They ignore that what is learned at Highlander is usually tested in real life , and under the eye of unrelenting opponents , not in the classroom under the eye of a tutor . ’ |
| 10 | If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater . |
| 11 | The cathedral was finally completed under the eye of Kamil Hilbert in 1929 , in time to commemorate the death of St Wenceslas one thousand years earlier . |
| 12 | Once I did this under the eye of a policeman who nabbed me for parking on a yellow line when I emerged from the bank a few minutes later . |
| 13 | The arable coastal estates used the forest land as extensive swine pastures , with large herds roaming under the eye of swine-herds , whose camps occasionally provided the base of modern hamlets . |
| 14 | Only around Bucharest itself , where veteran drivers of bulldozers operated occasionally under the eye of the Conducator himself , was much done . |
| 15 | He had lost his cheekiness now that they were indoors and under the eye of his wife . |
| 16 | A herd of yak grazed under the eye of a small boy , their calves playing , rolling on their backs in sandy patches by the water . |
| 17 | Under the eye of the police |
| 18 | Port Glasgow and Leith , the main centres of trade , were the ports with the best-paid officers , but equally , they would also require the greatest amount of work from the incumbents , who would be much more under the eye of the supervisory staff based at Edinburgh , which might well make a less well-paid , but remote , port more attractive to the more independent officers . |
| 19 | Jonathon now worked on model ships under the eye of Uncle Philip and was learning how to carve them directly from wood . |
| 20 | The ancestors of those who now process with marching bands , once crouched in rows panning the streams under the eye of armed guards . |
| 21 | Winners Beechmount show off their trophies , under the eye of Eddie Boyle of tournament sponsors Coca-Cola . |
| 22 | As to the deployment of a RDF , this would entail a mixed air and sea operation under the eye of the US Central Command based in Florida , to transport airborne , marine and other formations from the US . |
| 23 | First aid , exits , the condition of floors and walkways , waste bins , benches , tool cupboards , machines and lighting all come under the eye of the monitors . |
| 24 | Again , they shrug , if they could survive with a front-row of Ricky Evans , Nigel Meek and Hugh Williams-Jones against England , they should hardly be in undue trouble against Scotland — particularly as they will be under the eye of the same referee in France 's Joel Dume . |
| 25 | He trots around doing menial jobs under the eye of the warder , but in fact is a guerrilla leader who is merely pretending to be mad . |
| 26 | Under the eyes of a serious , tall Palestinian with a pistol in his holster , they were singing , over and over again : ‘ Fatah , we are your children and , when we are older , we will be your soldiers . ’ |
| 27 | The republicans , for their part , provided muscle , discipline and willingness to undertake risky tasks — it was the republicans who smuggled placards and banners out of the Bogside and across Craigavon Bridge to the Waterside , under the eyes of the RUC , on 5 October 1968 . |
| 28 | There was the school with its faded maps , its cardboard-mounted Ten Commandments and the Regulations of the National Commissioners of Education in Dublin ( for this was long before the Partition of Ireland ) , the De Vere Foster copybooks , Joyce 's histories , Sullivan 's geographies and grammars , long desks with the initials of past generations cut on both sides , clerical school management ( the Methodists controlled five schools in the area — Thomas Street , Edgarstown , Derrycarne , Cloncore and Ballinary ) , teachers paid by results and anxious under the eyes of H M Inspectors ( too often then unenlightened inquisitors ) . |
| 29 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 30 | He flashed his security pass under the eyes of the two armed guards posted beside the exit door . |