Sentence examples for close to being blind from inspiring English sources

"The U.S. isn't close to being blind in Benghazi and eastern Libya," said an American official.

For the new atheists, as for many contemporary American Christians, faith is assumed to be blind — an irrational closing of the eyes to evidence and reason, a leap of faith into an infinite idiocy.

He closed his eyes so as not to be blinded by the terrible shimmering.

In a speech in Tokyo, Ms Merkel said those who close their eyes to history are "blind to the present", a quote from a famous speech by the late German president Richard von Weizsacker.

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According to the WHO (2007) report, globally close to 1.3 million people are blind due to trachoma, while about 84 million people suffer from active trachoma (Trachomatous inflammation, follicular (TF) and/or intense (TI)) [ 8].

We find it easy to make clear moral judgments about people who are others, but when you come close to home you are blinded in your ability to do so".

Anyone who closes his eyes to the past is blind to the present.

It is currently reported that close to 1.3 million people are blind from trachoma while about 84 million people suffer from active trachoma.

Who are you Mr Khamenei?' Because when you [become] a dictator your ears are closed, your eyes are blind - you can't see anything and you can't hear anything".

They realized that they had become so close to their traditional customers that they were blind to the costs of serving them.