Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pat would never like to be regarded as special but even in his critical condition he was still in fighting spirit . ’ |
| 2 | Only in England would there need to be , as in West Germany , first a national distribution of seats to parties , then a regional distribution . |
| 3 | Presumably , Mr Damant would also like to be able to separate out any element of earnings related to discontinued operations , since obviously such earnings can not be maintained . |
| 4 | It was essential , Dexter knew , to gather together as powerful a case as possible against the reporter before arresting him because from that moment the clock would begin to run : Parkin would either need to be charged with the murder or released within twenty-four hours . |
| 5 | But if that were the case her parents and Jennifer would still have to be told , as would his mother . |
| 6 | Rather puzzlingly , the EEC would sometimes revert to being low voltage , activated , while the subject was still plainly asleep . |
| 7 | For example a bilingual fieldworker acceptable to an Asian community in Britain would probably need to be selected carefully for a range of characteristics such as religion , geographical provenance , or political affiliation , all of which are associated with a distinctive ethnicity . |
| 8 | Although Algeria would later prove to be the scene of last-ditch French resistance to decolonization , in the mood of the country in 1945 independence for Vietnam was equally inconceivable . |
| 9 | An accident in France would no have to be as serious as Chernobyl to imperil life and health over a wide area in France and its heavily populated neighbours . |
| 10 | The distant race-meeting was exactly the place where Andrew would most wish to be . |
| 11 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 12 | One might further say that Paul would surely want to be judged in terms of the highest that he knew . |
| 13 | I understand the NLVA 's continuing fears , but I am glad that its most recent letter to the Secretary of State began by saying : ’ the reaction of the national brewers to the recent series of meetings held with yourself and John Redwood MP would initially seem to be both positive and encouraging ’ . |
| 14 | Official circles in London would dearly like to be rid of Irish problems . |
| 15 | Cassie entertained more than a suspicion that John would definitely prove to be very ideologically unsound indeed ! |