Example sentences of "they would [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 2 | It was generally assumed that they would probably prove to be complementary to each other , but what the optimum mix would be was far from clear . |
| 3 | In other words , they would simply like to be valued for the important role they play . |
| 4 | If , by some political catastrophe , government social services were abolished , they would soon have to be recreated in private form . |
| 5 | It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . |
| 6 | Today , many unfortunate people have too much enforced leisure , when they would actually prefer to be occupied . |