Example sentences of "would [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These institutions would henceforward all be financed directly from Exchequer funds disbursed by a central body , appointed by the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | Yes , they would eventually all go . |
| 3 | Are we to conclude , therefore , that the Anglican Church 's neglect of purification ritual for women is not because it believes women to be ‘ clean ’ , but because it would rather such matters were n't mentioned at all ? |
| 4 | It soundslike a fast , powerful car , and many would rather that than silence . |
| 5 | Last night , Stephen Eades of Southport-based environmental group Save our Shoreline , which has campaigned for protection of nature amid Hamilton Oil 's exploration , said : ‘ We are concerned that the exploration does not disturb the environment and would rather these advances were in renewable energy sources . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Paul Lewis , the colliery manager in charge of the rescue , said : ‘ I would rather this had not happened . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose I could learn without you , but I would so much rather learn with you . ’ |
| 8 | Leith got started on her work , doubting very much that they would so much as catch a glimpse of their new ‘ colleagues ’ , but she had to smile at his quaint terminology for the higher ranks . |
| 9 | Then they would suddenly all rise up as one , their great wings sweeping them rhythmically over the water , their legs stretched behind them , thousands of them flying above that great lake . |
| 10 | Even though the specific predictions of Engels might not be endorsed by modern anthropologists they would nearly all subscribe to the general thesis that as political and economic conditions change , so will marriage and the family change , and this conclusion is apparently still seen as shocking . |
| 11 | The Tories would also that curtailing trade union rights is an important factor in attracting foreign investment . |
| 12 | What is interesting is that for the first time individual patrols would have radio communication via jeep-mounted No. 11 radio sets , but in the event of breakdowns they would also each take two pigeons . |
| 13 | The GUTs also predict that at this energy the different spin-1/2 matter particles , like quarks and electrons , would also all be essentially the same , thus achieving another unification . |
| 14 | By Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 , he thought he must have told the admiral that : he was going to destroy that one , and then they would really all be gone . |
| 15 | The next reading of the private member 's bill is on 17th January , so would as many people as possible press the case with their MP — to make life easier , a draft letter is available to which you need only add MP 's name and your name and address . |
| 16 | The Assembly 's meeting in New York at the moment to decide whether Cambodia 's seat will be given to the newly agreed Supreme National Council ; a move which would please many people and organizations such as Oxfam and Christian Aid , who were opposed to the Phol Pot regime . |
| 17 | We would then all be able to have some understanding of the laws that govern the universe and are responsible for our existence . |
| 18 | Using the long-run marginal cost curve relevant to the competitive industry , this move from E ' ; to E would produce a social gain equal to the area of the triangle AE ' ; E. Thus , the more a monopolist can achieve economies of scale and lower production costs , the more likely it is that the area of the rectangle B will exceed the area of the triangle A. On balance the cost savings arising from monopoly would then more than offset the deadweight burden triangle , and society would actually gain from monopoly . |
| 19 | Herr Nordern would , yes , although he would no more have refused than he would have tried to jump over the Wall . |
| 20 | Japan 's ruling Liberal Democrats would no more dare sanction an open-door policy for Asia 's migrant workers than would Britain 's Conservatives risk letting in thousands more from Jamaica or Pakistan . |
| 21 | ‘ I would no more look at her today than a bar of soap . ’ |
| 22 | I think that people would be justified in rebuking me for deceiving them as to my whereabouts , but that I would no more have actually lied than if I had thrown my voice and said ‘ Cooee ‘ . |
| 23 | He would no more have thought of behaving as Harold Macmillan did in 1962 , and dismissing nearly a half of them as though they were junior executives in an ailing company , than it would have occurred to him to divorce his wife and marry one of his walking companions . |
| 24 | But to complain that its effect was therefore paralysingly glum would no more have occurred to her as fair than to complain that it made her feel fat . |
| 25 | But the man beside her would no more have walked or ridden a motorcycle than he would have willingly been parted from this — this blatant symbol of money . |
| 26 | Maclean 's mother Peggy , his estranged second wife , also Peggy , and his daughter Temora , would no more have volunteered for an Oprah Winfrey panel than they would give this man a bottle of cask-strength whisky for his birthday . |
| 27 | ‘ The Crumwallises would very much rather he did n't pitch up at all , ’ said Glenda . |
| 28 | I would very much therefore like to think that Round Table Day on the nineteenth of March nineteen ninety four next year will be the success that you wish to make it . |
| 29 | But I would very much , with the land owners , like to go down there and see and , and then try and negotiate a possibility for right of way across |