Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 2 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 3 | But if that was what Adams wanted , well , he was willing to clutch at any straw . |
| 4 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |
| 5 | This was a little unfortunate , the topic being one close to his lordship 's heart and one he was inclined to explicate at some length . |