watchful eye
collocation in Englishmeanings of watchful and eye
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watchful
adjective
uk
/ˈwɒtʃ.fəl/us
/ˈwɑːtʃ.fəl/
paying careful attention and ready to deal ...
(Definition of watchful and eye from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of watchful eye
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Improving one's teaching lends itself to master classes, as one hones one's craft under the watchful eye of experts.
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This could be avoided by keeping a watchful eye on the size of the exposed heart and keeping the preload constant at all times.
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His watchful eye spies the kernel of the poem.
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Lexicographers will need to keep a watchful eye for each revision of their work.
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It was finally read under the supervision of a watchful eye in a vast room which was not the location of the volume.
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The idea was to move labor grievances from the streets to the courts and boardrooms under the watchful eye of state functionaries.
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Her watchful eye was stimulated by both films and paintings.
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A watchful eye should be kept on such patients for secondary haemorrhage.
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These uniformed groups were believed both to imbibe and to embody 'good citizenship' through the practice of outdoor living under the watchful eye of middle-class camp leaders.
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It is natural that the multinationals are keeping a watchful eye on the added value being created here – and that is considerable.
Therefore, we must keep a watchful eye on the content of this future agreement, particularly as regards the level of public aid.
Finally, we should be acutely aware of the fact that the citizens keep a watchful eye over the system.
Here, too, we must keep a watchful eye and take a constructive approach to this process.
We must keep a watchful eye over the balance between the institutions.
We shall of course be keeping a watchful eye on this matter in future annual follow-up reports.
I also agree as to the very great importance of keeping a watchful eye to prevent the present foulness of land increasing.
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There are three reasons why we should keep a watchful eye.
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Just one competitive service remains—and that under the watchful eye of the traffic commissioners, who have clearly issued their final warnings to the operator.
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In spite of the promises and assurances that a watchful eye would be kept on them, they have gone up in many cases.
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One hears very little about what goes on, unlike the old approved schools which used to have governors going in and keeping a watchful eye.
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