Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] to see [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Pioneers were right to see in the dispossession by the consumer interest of the rights of the workers in the Manufacturing Society as a fundamental change of Co-operative purpose and as implying the acceptance of a much more limited expectation for it , but wrong not to recognise that that change , that limitation inhered in the idea of a dividend itself : for that , more than anything else , activated the potential conflict of interest created by the differing functions — that of workers making things for sale and that of consumers buying them to use . |
| 2 | The sea-monster became , in the hands of Greek sculptors and vase painters , a composite creature based on the dolphins , whales and tunny they were accustomed to see in the Mediterranean , and to which the general term ketos ( great fish ) was applied . |
| 3 | Goals from Jimmy Quinn and Philip Gray — his first for the international team — were enough to see of the Baltic challenge although Denmark 's victory over Albania earlier in the day put paid to our last fading hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in America . |
| 4 | It was strange to see in the flesh a man whose name and face had since 1939 been almost as familiar to me as those of Churchill or Hitler . |
| 5 | Above them , as far as it was possible to see for the blood , he wore a striped knitted pullover over a navy jumper . |
| 6 | The party reached the lip of the main summit crater safely , only to find that it was quite docile , and that there was little to see within the crater apart from dense , swirling clouds of pungent sulphurous steam . |
| 7 | The sun was fully eclipsed by Arcadia now , and although the main source of illumination was now only the light refracted through the halo of the planet 's atmosphere , it was easier to see in the dim but diffuse light than in the glare and dark shadows that had been made by the unshielded sun . |
| 8 | In fact , because only half an inch was involved it was impossible to see from the outside of my right shoe that it was different in any way from my left . |
| 9 | It was impossible to see in the dark whether the habitual spark of irony accompanied this remark . |
| 10 | On the other hand , Mrs Thatcher was wont to see in the Delors Charter the kind of creeping state socialism and patronage of the trade unions which she hoped to have dispelled in Britain itself . |
| 11 | All she was able to see from the back of the truck was the rounded outlines of scattered Nissen huts and , on the dark horizon , tall , wedge-shaped buildings hung with dim blue lights . |
| 12 | It was melancholy to see in the civil prisons of the metropolis , remarked Grant , men whose birth , education , manners and appearance would have fitted them for occupying the highest positions in society and consequently of proving benefactors to their species , spending no inconsiderable portion of the prime of life amid scenes of deepest degradation . |
| 13 | It was enough to see off the challenge of unlucky Wimbledon in this replay at Selhurst Park . |
| 14 | I always shop on Sunday and I just thought that it was nice to see in the paper today it looks like we will have legalized Sunday trading everywhere for all of us fairly soon . |