Example sentences of "would [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would rather than none at all . |
| 2 | I would rather than any payment |
| 3 | They are breaking it apart , and if they were to get another five years they would all but finish the job . ’ |
| 4 | They are breaking it apart , and if they were to get another five years they would all but finish the job . ’ |
| 5 | In their previous league match two weeks ago , they had travelled to Leicester knowing that a win would all but give them the championship , but that day they slumped to a surprise 3–2 defeat . |
| 6 | If negotiated cuts in central Europe do in fact put Warsaw-pact troops on a defensive footing , Hungary 's army , now 100,000 strong , would all but lose its job as flank guard for a Russian thrust west . |
| 7 | Right , they probably would especially if you could |
| 8 | . And that 's when we saw that the railways would just as well have been run under private enterprise . |
| 9 | You , I would normally if you 're my opponent , I would say , Chris would you like to come and watch this shot ? |
| 10 | I would anyway cos John said , oh I 'll give you a lift home . |
| 11 | The low 11.2 TW scenario would require the industrialized nations to halve their energy consumption by 2020 , while the developing world would more than double theirs . |
| 12 | Such technology , properly used , would more than pay its way , coming into its own during the intensity of an election but maintaining its worth all year round in enabling swift and efficient communication between headquarters and members . |
| 13 | ‘ I think that any down-side would more than be offset by the increased simplicity which single pricing would bring the client , allowing him or her to see exactly what they are getting . ’ |
| 14 | And , whereas he and his wife now pay a combined poll tax of £536 a year , he estimates that his rates would more than double . |
| 15 | Do you think they will provide a significant improvement in traction , especially as the cost of fitment would more than adequately pay for high quality winch gear . |
| 16 | The costs of even preparing a case for the Commissioners , let alone taking it , would more than nullify any tax relief gained . |
| 17 | SEP had simply assumed that expenditure on upkeep would more than compensate for any deterioration of its warehouses ’ . |
| 18 | Even if all meat and dairy products were produced by intensive husbandry and the alleged abuses were rife it would nonetheless be perfectly fair to argue that the possible catastrophic consequences of widespread vegetarianism for human beings , which have been pointed out , would more than outweigh the continued suffering of the animals . |
| 19 | Whereas a consumer using electricity only for lighting , an iron , a radio and a vacuum cleaner might use under 300kWh a year , the addition of one heavy current-using appliance like an immersion water heater or a cooker would more than quadruple that basic demand . |
| 20 | A bad choice could arouse discontent which would more than offset the value of an appointment in attaching an individual voter to an interest , and it was wise to take abilities and honesty into account when disposing of the posts . |
| 21 | It also insisted that it was the lead partner working on multi-processing technology using IBM 's Power RISC chip , and that IBM would more than likely OEM the Bull work for future versions of its own RS/6000s . |
| 22 | The proposed development at Meadow House , though not associated with any community , would more than double the number of habitable dwellings in the immediate vicinity . |
| 23 | Even with the tax increases the 1991 deficit predicted in the budget would more than double , from US$2,150 million in 1990 to US$4,750 million . |
| 24 | Erm beyond two thousand and six , I would have thought the strategic guidance would be in locations other than peripheral expansion around the Greater York area , which I would have suggested would would more than likely be to new settlements . |
| 25 | I determined to keep the Polaroid with the War Bag in future ; for low-risk punitive expeditions like that against the rabbits it would more than repay the extra weight and the amount of time consumed using it . |
| 26 | Cornelius feared that this would more than likely be the case . |
| 27 | It MIGHT make them tired at the end of the season — but the confidence they would gain would more than compensate . |
| 28 | Converting to pure petrol would more than double emissions . |
| 29 | We also want the money quicker which erm I would have thought would more than outweigh any of the so-called extra expense that you 've got and er I said we regard it as an essential sales tool to be get m better recognition in the country so er he is progressing with the applications . |
| 30 | Instantly Leith 's thoughts flew to her own mother and how , should she ever see Sebastian looking as drawn and haggard as Travis had been just lately , she would more than likely be halfway demented too . |