Example sentences of "[prep] the eye " in BNC.

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1 A description of a Tantric painting as a linear diagram may seem uninteresting , but then the effect of such a picture is not meant to be pleasure for the eye alone , but for religious use .
2 Geoffrey Smith profiles trees both native and exotic , and explains how a garden tree and its companion planting forms a focal point for the eye and , just as importantly , for wildlife .
3 There was much for the eye , especially a lovely sinking ship effect followed by a charming underwater ballet .
4 Slow at first , the motion gathered speed until it was too dazzling for the eye to follow .
5 This part of the banner , the lower half , was too calamitous for the eye .
6 Freedom for the eye to cross fences and barriers for mile after mile .
7 Attention is drawn along both lines to the point of juncture with sufficient energy for the eye to jump an interval to a target .
8 Visually it is less tiring for the eye to follow a smooth than a serrated or intermittent line .
9 There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only .
10 The rooms are a feast for the eye too — attractive accommodation with good cooking facilities and a large private bathroom and balcony — the perfect place to rest your weary head .
11 The interior of the church — reached by going through an ornate entrance archway that seems to be competing with the presbytery doorway for the eye of the visitor — has some good frescoes , particularly the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Baptist by Giovan Battista Crespi , and a canvas study of the Nativity by Marco d'Oggiono .
12 The curvy pattern in figure 11.11 was very clear , but sometimes , when the relationship is not so strong , it is hard for the eye to tell if a transformation is required .
13 In general , long shots run for longer than close-ups because they contain more information for the eye to take in , and an average length might be ten to fifteen seconds .
14 Madonnas , cherubs , birds , fauns and flowers crowded and pushed each other in a design that defied logic and allowed no place for the eye to rest .
15 ‘ For us to head for the Eye of Terror would be to invite almost certain death , ’ mused Jaq .
16 It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel .
17 Over to this side now , erm , give me three things that you can do to make it easy t for the eye to see what er , particular number is refer w which rows is referring answer to ?
18 There is no rest for the eye in the comfort of nothing .
19 The long blades clashed and rang , their movement too fast for the eye to follow with certainty .
20 This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move .
21 This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move .
22 Also , the time scale is often too rapid for the eye to follow the phenomena ; high-speed photography or some other special technique may be needed .
23 For the eye to work the following minimum perfectly coordinated steps have to take place ( there are many others happening simultaneously , but even a grossly simplified description is enough to point up the problems for Darwinian theory ) .
24 And one famous quote during a court case he presided over was : ‘ The old law of the eye for the eye and a tooth and for a tooth has no place in civilised society . ’
25 be seen to at the eye hospital , Sir John said in January I 'll send you to Altrincham because they have a specialist , go to the , like they have one go to the Cottage , each , a different like a skin one day , summat , so like you 're there and you 're not traipsing for the eye hospital
26 According to Zinreich , the mechanical sensor arm enables the surgeon to see the exact relationship of the sinuses to critical areas such as the eye socket and the brain .
27 ‘ And the Deeds of Rogal Dorn thereafter compose an entire hagiography , which we will now start to consider in detail — commencing with our Primarch 's role in the expulsion of the renegade Iron Warriors from the Human Imperium into the forbidden zone known as the Eye of Chaos , a region about which we speak softly if at all … ’
28 Talabheim lies in the centre of the Great Forest and for this reason it is sometimes known as the Eye of the Forest , where , like the eye of a cyclone , all is calm amidst the danger all around .
29 erm when I was looking at this , this picture of the , of the Brettan Girls , I erm , I was really particularly struck by the bo , the mild head of one of the dancers and the fact that she was rubbing her , her heal , erm and it gave me a voice for , for this poem , I was also drawn by the dismissal , there 's a goose in the painting , there 's four , four geese and one of them is dismissing the , the , the winner outright and erm I found his look very , very interesting and , and I could n't help but compare the lies of these four dancers with those within erm from the later period as the eye that , that , that Gaugin painted later on .
30 In the first , primary visual cortex , V1 or area 17 , as it is also known , there was considered to be a fairly faithful map of the retina with relatively little recoding of information having taken place between the eye and this part of the brain .
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