Example sentences of "[noun sg] be in the eye " in BNC.
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1 | To some extent what constitutes a helpful and what constitutes an unhelpful behaviour is in the eye of the beholder ( see Customer satisfaction on page 46 ) . |
2 | Besides , age is in the eye of the beholder . |
3 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
4 | That the Oxford English Dictionary should define disorderliness in terms of ‘ violating moral order , constituted authority , or recognised rule ’ simply serves to reinforce concern that the section may be seen to create an offence whose commission is in the eye of the beholder . |
5 | Sophistication is in the eye of the beholder . ) |
6 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder : so the poet will see beauty where another will see only ugliness . |
7 | But beauty is in the eye of the beholder . |
8 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , of course , and what he is seeing in his mind 's eye , after years of study into world-wide distribution of disease in relation to diet , is the stool of someone unlikely to die from cancer of the bowel . |
9 | → Beauty is in the eye of the beholder . |
10 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
11 | ( Overleaf ) Beauty is in the eye of the beheld . |
12 | In the final analysis , beauty is in the eye of the beholder , and essentially a personal matter . |
13 | BMP files were n't of good quality , and , since beauty is in the eye of the beholder , I 've pulled out some of the screens that I like . |
14 | He observes that , ‘ if Parliament be in the eye of the law a supreme legislature , the essence of representative government is , that the legislature should represent or give effect to the will of the political sovereign , i.e. of the electoral body , or of the nation . ’ |
15 | Essentially cleanliness is in the eye of the beholder so under normal circumstances an area is clean if the ‘ inspector ’ thinks it is clean . |
16 | Perfection is in the eye of the beholder , but Paul Clarke reckons that it does n't help if the beholder who made the piece is over critical of the workmanship . |