Example sentences of "before our eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the whole idea of neutralisation presupposes the continued existence of a world polarised between East and West , a world which is literally disappearing before our eyes . |
| 2 | The world is changing fast before our eyes , while the Bush Administration stands transfixed , unable or unwilling to respond to Gorbachev 's reforms . |
| 3 | The Tour de France flashed before our eyes in a kaleidoscope of green jerseys , yellow jerseys , black bottoms and a pink-spotted ‘ King of the Mountains ’ ; close-ups of whirring wheels and legs working like the pistons of diesel engines , induction , compression , power and exhaust . |
| 4 | This would create ‘ a unity that is growing before our eyes with every mile of railway line that is built , with every international trust and every workers ’ association that is formed ’ . |
| 5 | There is an environmental nightmare unfolding before our eyes … it is the result of the acts of millions of Ethiopians struggling for survival : scratching the surface of eroded land and eroding it further ; cutting down trees for warmth , fuel and leaving the country denuded … |
| 6 | Together with the vibrational communication at the subtle level , all these are going on continuously before our eyes , if we had the understanding to perceive it . |
| 7 | Yet with a quiet , observant and empathetic mind we may begin to see what is before our eyes , before our mind , actually . |
| 8 | In his Essay he observed , ‘ When we set before our eyes a round globe … it is certain that the idea thereby imprinted in our mind is of a flat circle . ’ |
| 9 | The great visionary poet and artist , is rarely seen indeed and so it is a special treat to have before our eyes , at Salander O'Reilly , a selection of over thirty watercolours , drawings and paintings by the master . |
| 10 | It may be more fruitful to create a utopian , and as yet unrealized , vision to hold before our eyes . |
| 11 | He talked of the language going to pieces " before our eyes " . |
| 12 | The Novel gives a familiar relation of such things as pass every day before our eyes , such as may happen to our friends , or to ourselves , and the perfection of it is , to represent every scene in so easy and natural a manner , and to make them appear so probable , as to deceive us into a persuasion ( at least while we are reading ) that all is real , until we are affected by the joys or distresses , of the persons in the story , as if they were our own . |
| 13 | Panoramic visions of the whole village circle going up in flames while our cameras captured the moment danced before our eyes . |
| 14 | The evidence before our eyes is her faultless attention to detail in these exquisite flower decorations . |
| 15 | Conjecture is at an end and we can now study the actual reform that has unfolded before our eyes . |
| 16 | We try and run before our eyes a film strip of the future happening . |
| 17 | I pointed out that when we last met she seemed to be becoming more political in her attitude almost before our eyes . |
| 18 | But , before our eyes , he seemed to find strength . |
| 19 | it 's just a pity that they 're sitting back in their armchairs in Dublin thinking they 're immune from the situation that 's developing before our eyes . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |