Example sentences of "[was/were] to look [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
2 | And it was to look at basic supermarket products really that are sourced from the Third World , and to try and have a standard that you could say , yes , that 's been traded fairly . |
3 | This was to look at another model to try to assess which model suits Nottingham best . |
4 | The logical erm conclusion from that was to look at some form of tertiary education and that is what the County Council went out to consultation on . |
5 | Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people . |
6 | Uncle Fred 's job was to look after displaced persons , sad , homeless victims of the war . |
7 | In the reigns of Charles the Bald 's predecessors , the count 's first main function was to look after royal estates ( fisc-lands ) and royal income ( for instance from tolls and fines ) within his county . |