Example sentences of "[noun] with an eye to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Craftsmen with an eye to the future like Benjamin would be quite likely to make fairly late marriages — there would be a lot of saving up to do first , and the better established one was , the better the chances of attracting a lady of some substance . |
| 2 | That , perhaps , is one reason why Mr Clinton has dwelt particularly upon ‘ symbolic ’ politics : like making the armed forces accept gays or staffing his administration with an eye to ethnic ‘ balance ’ . |
| 3 | All bookshops with an eye to their image have events nowadays , although the competition is tough going . |
| 4 | A fish with an eye to the main chance . |
| 5 | The Group would review all proposals with an eye to determining issues of policy . |
| 6 | Lord Taylor 's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public 's expectations . |
| 7 | You must surely be right when you say in your editorial today ( ‘ Judging public mood ’ ) that judges should dispose of cases on their merits rather than , as Lord Chief Justice Taylor suggests , pass sentence with an eye to the public 's expectations . |
| 8 | Madame Chardin was a Protestant with distinct Rousseauian leanings , but she had read her Rousseau with an eye to institutions . |
| 9 | Sunil Gulati , chairman of the competition , said : ‘ We will use this tournament with an eye to the World Cup . ’ |
| 10 | By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century . |
| 11 | 1 Run on the pavements with an eye to what lurks in gateway and garden . |
| 12 | They conclude : ‘ We therefore approach the passive with an eye to a bold simplification of the problems of meaning . |
| 13 | Dramatic scenes seem to be the prerequisite with an eye to how photographs will look in sales material and advertisements . |