Example sentences of "they would [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several prime ministers made it clear that they would want to see a radical extension of the Community powers and resources to help poorer regions and social groups as they moved to monetary union . |
| 2 | Students may then be asked in what physical form and in what situation they would expect to find a given piece of discourse . |
| 3 | Members here said that they would like to see a tender engine operating on the railway for the coming season , it really was as simple as that . ’ |
| 4 | I think the point , I think the point we 're making is that none of the districts yesterday told us that to meet their figure in H one they would need to have a new settlement , for example , I well remember Selby saying to us if we go above our H one figure we would need a new settlement , but they did not say to meet our H one figure we would need a new settlement . |
| 5 | However , with their formidable array of entertaining and experienced batsmen they would look to have a distinct chance in two the one-day competitions . |
| 6 | If there had been less enthusiasm among the congregation for ufology , maybe they would have devised a public punishment for me . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ If the Labour group had followed our recommendations they would have gained a prestigious shopping development and made some money for the poll taxpayers into the bargain . ’ |
| 8 | If the process could eventually be made catalytic , though , they would have lost a money-spinner. h |
| 9 | The great mass of the people did not want revolution , or else they would have elected a Labour Government . |
| 10 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 11 | She could see that if the circumstances of their meeting had been happier they would have had a good drink of her mother 's secret stash of Bushmill 's and reminisced all night . |
| 12 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ IF Bulgaria had qualified for Euro 92 they would have had a good chance of winning it . |
| 14 | This would be expected because , first , they would have been socialized into a version of mathematics nearer to that of the university ‘ modern ’ pure mathematicians than that of their elders and because , secondly , they would have had a potential interest in changes that could , within schools , challenge the seniority of their elder colleagues or , at least , they would have had less of a vested interest in current practice . |
| 15 | We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland . |
| 16 | If he brought her any more , then they would have to have a little talk . |
| 17 | They would have to fly a straight unwavering course in order to hit their target , leaving themselves to the mercy of the gunners on the ground and the fighters in the air . |
| 18 | More than half of our first intake acknowledged that they would have preferred a traditional course , having the study of literature as its principal component . |
| 19 | It was he , Clasper , who dictated to management the size of the labour force they would require to produce a given number of products , regardless of any figure which management might arrive at by employing accurately measured work standards . |
| 20 | More recently local trade unionists and many of the members of our organization in Easington decided that to commemorate the , the occasion , they would work to get a new trade union banner for the Easington Trade Union Council and that 's the example and that 's the reward of their particular work a magnificent tribute to those pit men that died eighty one years ago , er forty two years ago . |
| 21 | They would try to avoid a stalled situation near the ground by pushing forwards if the aircraft bounced . |