Example sentences of "to the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those patients with shingles on the face , there is a chance of the infection spreading to the eye . |
| 2 | Designs composed of small masses of veneer forming a readable ‘ picture ’ , correspond roughly in looks , if not in colour , to subjects as they actually appear to the eye ; they seem to be in 3D even though they are flat , and to a degree they are naturalistic . |
| 3 | The mime and dancing is throughout spectacular , a delight to the eye . |
| 4 | They do not see the antiquated Gloria combine harvesters or the Transylvanian wheat fields bloodshot with poppies : charming to the eye , but evidence of faltering investment in machinery and decent fertilisers . |
| 5 | Distance , says Berkeley , must be perceived by the mediation of something else for , ‘ being a line directed end-wise to the eye ’ , it is not perceived ‘ of itself ’ . |
| 6 | His wife , much as she might boast of the intellect of her pick-ups , could n't pretend they were pleasing to the eye . |
| 7 | The knack of outline planting is to arrange a selection of these shapes in groups that are pleasing to the eye . |
| 8 | A horse in good condition should have a flat back , even a ‘ double spine ’ or ‘ tiger spine ’ ( where the Mesh and muscle is raised on each side of the spine in two ridges ) ; the rump should be rounded ; and the ribs well-covered and not visible to the eye . |
| 9 | The cone can be sliced lengthwise by two planes at right angles , offering a vertical-horizontal cross like a gunsight to the eye . |
| 10 | From a knowledge of what edges and surfaces are present , and how they are oriented relative to the eye , we are able to deduce with some confidence what three-dimensional objects are present . |
| 11 | The Red Rose and the Rosa Mundi commonly grow from three to four feet high , but seldom exceed that ; but the Damask , Provence and Frankfurt Roses grow to the height of seven or eight feet , so that in planting them , great care should be taken to place their several kinds , according to their various growth , amongst other shrubs , that they may appear beautiful to the eye . |
| 12 | Sedimentary rocks , unaffected by metamorphism , crop out in an area from Stornoway eastwards to the Eye Peninsula and northwards along the coast to Vatisker Point . |
| 13 | They were close to the eye of the storm . |
| 14 | The generous buffet is both pleasing to the eye and the taste buds , with free wine to get you in the mood for an evening of entertainment . |
| 15 | It is tempting to try to cram as much information as possible on to the page , a solid mass of print is unattractive to the eye and is unlikely to be read . |
| 16 | The vivid images featured in these are a feast to the eye , which make this a beautiful book as well as a valuable source of reference . |
| 17 | I think that nowhere so much as in London do people wear — to the eye of observation — definite signs of the sort of people they may be . |
| 18 | It may be that the weathered materials from which it is built are particularly attractive and there is something about the building that is pleasing to the eye — soft red brick or golden stone , patterned brickwork or decorative ironwork . |
| 19 | The Cruz Twinkick concave [ as it 's known ] is a complex concave , and it 's not just ‘ concave ’ in profile , a very slight rise running through the length of the deck is invisible to the eye but you can feel a more comfortable footlock when you stand on it . |
| 20 | If cells from the region of the early embryo that will normally give rise to the eye are grafted into the region that will form the gut the cells do not form an eye any more but just part of the gut . |
| 21 | It looked good to the eye , it felt firm underfoot , the Land Rover had no problems , but the wheelbarrow seemed designed to plough a furrow . |
| 22 | I exclude from the question of compensation the element of injury to the eye , which I feel was accidental and not due to any negligence . ’ |
| 23 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 24 | They are lumen output , efficacy , lamp life , lamp colour ( its appearance to the eye ) and colour rendering ( how a colour appears in its light ) . |
| 25 | This is the Harlequin Principle and is vividly expressed on the body of the harlequin sweetlips , a fish that appears to the eye as a collection of coral reef growths . |
| 26 | But this alone will not purify your water of waste products that are invisible to the eye . |
| 27 | To make a stitch 1/8in ( 3mm ) long , the needle thread has to be drawn from the top spool , through the guides and top tension discs to the eye of the needle . |
| 28 | The inside of the church is friendly and pleasing to the eye . |
| 29 | Even if one does think of self-consciousness as perceiving one 's own activities rather than heeding them ( as one also heeds the perceived ) , there is no obvious reason why one should not be perceiving as thought and emotion what to the eye would be neural process , just as when , with the same experience of temporal change without spatial extension , one hears as sound what one would see as vibrations . |
| 30 | The imprint is invisible to the eye , but it is shown clearly using the Kirlian technique . |