Example sentences of "as we [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us learn to treat other people as we would like them to treat us . |
| 2 | Modern-day kitchens are now always as spacious as we would like . |
| 3 | ‘ Like all hospitals , we do n't have as much money as we would like but generally speaking things for us have been getting better , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Time and financial constraints , as well as a recent rapid increase in student numbers ( 90 in 1991 , 125 in 1992 ) , mean that we can not make this as wide-ranging as we would like . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if St Jovite is running but I hope he does as we would like to have one more go at him . |
| 6 | And , oh dear , occasionally these parties are n't quite as private as we would like . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the coverage in England is not as widespread as we would like , leaving many areas without the benefit of a formally functioning Association . |
| 8 | " Unfortunately we were unable to do as much as we would like in terms of giving the product a visual identity-the exercise was fairly restricted by the basic product . |
| 9 | This is a budget Chairman that builds on the achievements of the last four years , the care for our schools and it takes into account that the future will not be as rosy as we would like and allows for contingencies . |
| 10 | Dave said : ‘ The Tap and Spile legend lives on even though the Greenside will not be as we would like it until mid-summer . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We have some in more traditional areas such as production but not as senior as we would like . ’ |
| 12 | Chemistry it 's not as high as we would like , and certainly not as high as erm our status in research erm would suggest erm and we feel that the perhaps there 's some image-building still to be done in this field . |
| 13 | We sha n't be able to do as much as we would like . |
| 14 | But there will always be pockets at any one time where we ca n't give as an equally good service as we would like . |
| 15 | If you add that to the er problems that the government has created for this County , as with other County Councils , then the two things make it quite impossible for us to continue with a capital programme as we would like . |
| 16 | Yet we do know , now , that the world 's waters are the world 's essential regulators : of global temperature , and of the chemistry of the atmosphere — which is nothing like so invariable as we might like to suppose . |
| 17 | Much as we might like to , we ca n't turn the clock back on these fundamental changes , we have no choice but to proceed with all faith in the new and make it work . |
| 18 | For a start , there is a clear answer to the question of where thoughts and feelings take place , if not so fine an answer as we might like . |
| 19 | Effective help is not always as easy or obvious a thing to give as we might like . |
| 20 | ‘ We would object to gates , which could stop us getting out to sea as quickly as we might like , ’ he said . |
| 21 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , much as we should like to leave this out , the taxman never seems to retire ! |
| 23 | And there is a warren here , but not as big a one as we should like . |
| 24 | Some of them do not always stick to the regulations as we should like . |
| 25 | Some of the funds that are now flowing from the CAP — not always put to as good a use as we should like — should encourage rather than discourage environmentally friendly farming . |
| 26 | In the hon. Gentleman 's constituency , the time taken is being reduced , although it has not been reduced as fast as we should like . |
| 27 | We ca n't free enough capital to buy new sites and develop the earlier ones as we 'd like . |
| 28 | We do n't see as much of you as we 'd like to ( if we see you at all ) . |
| 29 | Not as much as we 'd like , you understand . |
| 30 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |