Example sentences of "far as [art] eye can see " in BNC.
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| 1 | An excursion to the top of the high alpine road of Gross Glockner will leave you breathless at the fantastic views stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction . |
| 2 | Magnificent Karnak , with its corridors of stone rams , sky-embracing pillars and gigantic inscrutable statues , stretching apparently as far as the eye can see , is breathtaking . |
| 3 | The larger mire , Thorne Waste , approached by surmounting the incongruous dereliction of Moor Ends Colliery , stretches out as far as the eye can see , an astonishing 6,000 acres of untamed wetland . |
| 4 | Grazers have the enormous advantage that there is plenty of their favourite food available , all around them , stretching for as far as the eye can see and regrowing time and again regardless of how much they crop it . |
| 5 | In a region of high rolling hills , the wall is like a gigantic roller-coaster extending as far as the eye can see to east and west ; Garvine wrote of the wall that it ‘ is built on such a scale that you would think it was the work of Gods rather than men ’ . |
| 6 | Not only are there vines as far as the eye can see from its brand-new winemaking centre in Vertus , but the company also owns nearly 310 acres of its own vineyards , most of them sited on the Côte des Blancs . |
| 7 | ‘ He owns everything in front of us as far as the eye can see . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The disturbed weather will continue as far as the eye can see , ’ said Philip . |
| 9 | One minute you 're surrounded by the modern bustle of Egypt 's capital — the next you come face to face with ancient history as a sprawling housing estate is replaced by the stately pyramids and sand as far as the eye can see . |
| 10 | And , as anywhere else , transitory lighting can turn a nondescript topography into a picture , as up on the Barkly Tableland where the narrow tarmac ribbon is frayed at the edges into blond tussocky grass as far as the eye can see . |
| 11 | It is a superb sight with fields of dazzling Tulips , Narcissi and Hyacinths extending as far as the eye can see in a variegated patchwork of brilliant regimented blocks . |
| 12 | A full day excursion by coach to the spectacular bulbfields ; ablaze with the glorious colours of spring as they stretch as far as the eye can see . |
| 13 | The private grounds surrounding the villa offer relaxation either by the swimming pool , which is equipped with deck-chairs and umbrellas , or in the shade of centuries old trees where a meandering spectacle of olive groves , vineyards , fields and hills stretches out as far as the eye can see . |
| 14 | In the Midlands it is the tree one sees most often : and for a brief spell in early sum-mer it is the most beautiful of all the Midland trees , with its continuous miles of white may blossom glimmering as far as the eye can see . |
| 15 | Behind the house , the railway embankment stretches straight and level in both directions as far as the eye can see , which is a long way . |
| 16 | The view from the window is spectacular — wall as far as the eye can see , in every shade of red from brick to sooty maroon . |
| 17 | There are beautiful faces as far as the eye can see . |
| 18 | Stretching back as far as the eye can see ; 12,000 children on the march in the Southern Sudan . |