Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is more touching and sad than to see how these people — cast out and despised by everyone including their kin , living in and for their regular ‘ balls ’ where they compete to dress up to act out , for a moment , the roles they would like to play in real life , and know they ca n't — reconstruct their own human groups . |
| 2 | If anyone has any 10p pieces they would like to donate [ or any donations at all ] , please contact . |
| 3 | The birthday children will often have some good ideas as to the kind of decorations they would like . |
| 4 | I do n't get the feeling that they particularly care whether this murder is solved or not ; anyway they want it solved on their terms and if it 's going to muddy a lot of their holy bloody waters they 'd like us to go away . |
| 5 | The officials in charge of it still can not find out exactly how much some of the firms they would like to sell are worth — or indeed , says one , how many firms the state actually owns . |
| 6 | I had figures which actually showed what people were watching what they would do if you gave them five to seven more hours of spare time a week , all the things they would like to learn about that they have n't already learned about . |
| 7 | I have also found it helpful , during the contract discussion period , if family members write down five specific things they 'd like to see changed . |
| 8 | I mean most companies would rather the four centimetres or whatever over a or and says that says things they 'd like to hear , than have erm than have say er which basically |
| 9 | And the s the trees they would like to come was the pines and the pines because they they 've got a mop like of of leaves do you see , and they were well sheltered there , among these . |
| 10 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 11 | A classic example of this is the need some elderly people have to talk about death — often their own death in particular , even to the point of wanting to discuss very freely the kind of arrangements they would like to be made for their funeral : how it should be conducted , what hymns should be chosen , and who should be invited to it and to the family gathering afterwards . |
| 12 | and try and find out what they want and what 's happening to the social services and y you know what they think about er what they 'd , what skills they 'd like you to have and the sort of experience you need and so on . |
| 13 | Many individuals are locked into portfolio investments they would like to , and should , change , but can not because of the tax on realisation . |
| 14 | Although they have been reluctant to disclose their plans they would like to tax people 's property and tax their income . |
| 15 | In a joint programme organised by Edinburgh District Council and Lothian Regional Council , older people living in Edinburgh will have the opportunity to say what improvements they would like made to local services . |
| 16 | ‘ Our five-point charter covers provision , access , hygiene , design and facilities for parents , ’ she says , ‘ and we want people to tell us what improvements they 'd like . ’ |
| 17 | Planning which behaviours they would like to see changed can be difficult when everything looks bad ( Birnbrauer 1978 ) . |
| 18 | Amongst , points they might like to consider , are the fact that the scheme is very simple to operate and extremely cheap . |
| 19 | To get the local residents to decide which of these measures er me m measures they would like to try erm an and try it out , since the other way forward is just a non-starter . |
| 20 | Similarly , when in the late 1930s a leading obstetrician asked women in Aberdeen how many children they would like to have , he received the response : ‘ Aye Doctor , I shall have me number ’ . |
| 21 | This problem is certainly not restricted to mathematics and the program designer and teaching team should consider very carefully the various presentations they would like to have available . |
| 22 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 23 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 24 | Concerned at the way neither she nor her friends wore ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes ( too many frills , too much lace , all up to the neck and down to the ankles , they said ) Laura asked them to come up with suggestions for the sort of outfits they would like to wear . |
| 25 | Also children want to learn , to enable them to acquire qualifications needed for the jobs they would like to do when they leave education . |
| 26 | We would like suggestions from divers on wrecks they would like to see included . |