Sentence examples for were figures to from inspiring English sources

"The Yuppie Handbook," published in 1984, described the yuppies as the heirs of the preppies: affluent but not obscenely rich, they were figures to be joked about in a gentle and congenial way.

Almost instantly, in the still-small New York art world, Tibor de Nagy's openings were a smart place to be, and its artists and writers — Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan, Frank O'Hara — were figures to spot around town.

Next week, they were figuring to go hunting.

And there are figures to prove it.

Now they were figuring out how to create demand.

The hard part is figuring how to exploit it.

- Some idiot 7.03pm GMT They are figure skating to Coldplay.

Those are figures that Acton is striving to invert.

It's figuring out what to say.

The hard part was figuring out what to do next.

It's figuring out how to pay for what works".