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Nelsonian eye

0The overall number of attacks on tankers last year rose to 22 per cent of the total, a figure that many industry sources blame on the diminshing crew numbers and primitive security systems on such ships.02br
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00Crew numbers have halved in the past 25 years due to technological advancements and supertankers carrying up to 500,000 tons of oil are regularly manned by a maximum crew of 22 people.02br
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00Mr Orrell criticised ship owners who, he said, were reluctant to spend money on tightening security. "Some ship owners turn a blind, Nelsonian eye to this problem. Most ships lack decent security equipment such as CCTV and alarms."02br
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00The Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence have acknowledged the consequences of piracy, which is believed to cost the shipping industry an estimated £300m a week.02br
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00In a bid to address the problem, Bill Rammel, a Foreign Office minister, will meet with Numast to develop strategies.02br
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00I know it is correct to say words 'blind eye'. What is Nelsonian eye?0-
  

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0 -----------02br 05002br 02br 00 Nelson ordered that the signal be acknowledged, but not repeated. "02br 00 -----------02br 02br 00 Nelson became blind in one eye, I think, at one stage in his life. 02br 02br 00 This may be their point: to willingly neglect something.

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  • 0 -----------02br 05002br 02br 00 Nelson ordered that the signal be acknowledged, but not repeated.
  • "02br 00 -----------02br 02br 00 Nelson became blind in one eye, I think, at one stage in his life.
  • 02br 02br 00 This may be their point: to willingly neglect something.
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00 Nelson ordered that the signal be acknowledged, but not repeated. He turned to his flag Captain, 05100, and said "You know, Foley, I only have one eye — I have the right to be blind sometimes," and then01font00 holding his telescope to his blind eye02font00, said "I really do
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0Additionally: "Nelsonian" injects an air of whimsicality into the cliché, as if there could possibly be some other kind of "blind eye" in the hearer's mind. You could describe it as "humorous over-clarification". 02br
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00(You don't usually mention Nelson, when you say "to turn a blind eye to something": he's implicit.)02br
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