Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the naked eye " in BNC.

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1 M6 and M7 are bright open clusters ; both are visible with the naked eye , not far from the Scorpion 's sting , and both are easily resolved with binoculars .
2 Most of the other stars that are visible to the naked eye lie within a few hundred light-years of us .
3 In the intestine Oe. columbianum L4 migrate deep into the mucosa , provoking an inflammatory response with the formation of nodules which are visible to the naked eye .
4 These pairs are separable with the naked eye , but closer binaries — or , of course , optical doubles — require binoculars or a telescope .
5 Telescopes are needed to show the White Dwarf , but binoculars show the main pair clearly , and the components are separable with the naked eye .
6 It should be visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch ( without a tail ) two to three times the size of the Moon , and moving at a relatively high speed — by about its own diameter every hour .
7 M67 is in the field with Alpha ( 4.2 ) ; it is said to be visible with the naked eye , but I have never been able to confirm this , though with binoculars it is very easy indeed .
8 For John Simon , it was ‘ so puny a play that if it were not extended in all directions by Dustin Hoffman 's life-giving performance , it would barely be discernible to the naked eye .
9 Many of these parasites are invisible to the naked eye .
10 It LOOKS like an ordinary card , but has differences that are invisible to the naked eye .
11 Because they are so faint , not a single one is visible to the naked eye .
12 This stripe , which gives rise to the alternative name for this area , the striate cortex , is visible to the naked eye in sections of the human brain .
13 It is a majestic ciliated sphere , the largest known sperm of any organism , plant or animal , so big that a single one is visible to the naked eye .
14 However , there are two exceptions : the Magellanic Clouds , so named because they were recorded by the Portuguese explorer Magellan in his voyage round the world — though they must have been noticed earlier , because they are very bright — and the Large Cloud is visible with the naked eye even in moonlight .
15 The Eta Carinæ nebula is visible with the naked eye .
16 It is visible with the naked eye , and its position close to Eta and Mu makes it very easy to locate .
17 It is visible with the naked eye , and with × 12 I have suspected individual stars ; with × 20 there is undoubtedly some degree of resolution .
18 Pollux is a K-type star , whose orange colour is noticeable with the naked eye and unmistakable in binoculars ; Castor is white , and is an interesting multiple system , though binoculars show it as single .
19 The cluster is identifiable with the naked eye , and is clear with binoculars .
20 Although very little of the red underpainting is discernible to the naked eye in the finished portrait , its effect is perceptible in the freshness of the skin tones and the convincing wholesomeness of the flesh .
21 As the magnitude is above 6 , it is detectable with the naked eye under very good conditions , but it is rather isolated , and takes time to identify .
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