Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] to look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He and Shinwell had told the Central Authority at their first meeting in September 1947 that , while general price rises could be ruled out , they were prepared to look at the possibility of controlling demand at peak times by differentially higher prices for peak use or by mechanical load-restricting devices . |
2 | He concluded that it was proper to look at the GUS group as a single entity . |
3 | John Lindsay , Scottish vice-chairman , said CIPFA was delighted that Mr Lang was prepared to look at the figures again . |
4 | For a few moments he was content to look at the maid 's face and the way the orange firelight lent it strength and mystery . |
5 | Even so , he was able to look at the fireglow of the Chariot , and he was able to look into the light and see the salamanders with their wise faces and their eyes filled with ancient knowledge . |
6 | Thus , to explain what was happening to cities it was necessary to look at the characteristics of cities . |
7 | He however submitted that the magistrate was obliged to look at the whole of the evidence emanating from Price and that , since Price had retracted his Swedish evidence in so far as it implicated the applicant , that evidence must be regarded as worthless and wholly unreliable , and so incapable of forming the basis of a committal . |
8 | ‘ Hello , mate , ’ Jimmy said , his eyes fixed on Len 's face as if he was scared to look at the outline of the rest of his body , lying motionless beneath the sheets . |