Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that , at the third defendant 's instance , it was proposed to raise finance for C.M.C. from a lender ( ‘ B.M.T. ’ ) and that the third defendant became managing director because B.M.T. would prefer to deal with a man having a proven business record rather than a musician . |
| 2 | According to a survey of property valuers , 25% of those searching for a new home would prefer to live in an Avenue , while 20% would like a Lane . |
| 3 | A year ago 37 per cent of individuals indicated that would prefer to buy through a salesman , while 20 per cent preferred building societies . |
| 4 | The responses indicated that 28 per cent would prefer to buy through a building society ; 27 per cent said they would buy from a salesman in their own home . |
| 5 | It is unrealistic to assume that all the Palestinians currently living in the Arab states , whether still in refugee camps or integrated into their host society , could or would want to return to a West Bank-Gaza Palestinian state . ’ |
| 6 | Who would want to cook with an oven such as this ? |
| 7 | This is a much more difficult job than connecting into uPVC stack — sand is possibly a job that you would want to leave to a plumber . |
| 8 | On the face of it such legislation seemed unnecessary ; after all , who in America would want to trade with a country like Iran ? |
| 9 | ‘ Who would want to fly in a jet with us ? |
| 10 | When one tries , one invariably finds an activity that one 's definition includes but that one would not want to count as a game , or an activity that the definition excludes but that one would want to count as a game . |
| 11 | Might need to think about what are some of the things , that I would want to have as a conclusion . |
| 12 | ‘ That would 've done for a start . ’ |
| 13 | Oh God , I would 've crawled into a hole for the rest of my life . |
| 14 | He would need to ring for a cab if he were to regain the Party conference in comfort . |
| 15 | To the LDDC it seemed apparent that any effective programme for Docklands would need to concentrate on a number of key objectives . |
| 16 | However , it has been pointed out by Dr. B. Leadbeater , that great care must be taken before these formulae are used to determine the efficiency of dilution for abatement of odour nuisance , for in order to achieve concentrations below the threshold detection levels some odorants would need diluting by a factor in order of 6,000 , so unless very high chimneys are contemplated this method only provides a limited answer . |
| 17 | Very few environmentalists would choose to engage in a debate about the extent to which they had either succeeded or sold out . |
| 18 | The lesson was offered in the particular terms of the four years , from sixteen to twenty-one , which a youth would expect to spend as an apprentice working towards officer status ; it was to be interpreted by each of the readers according to his own aim in life . |
| 19 | must comply with ES policy on standards of appearance which requires everyone , regardless of location , to present a clean and tidy appearance and , in particular , to dress in a business-like way ( in general , this should be similar to the standards you would expect to see in a bank or building society ) . |
| 20 | The sequence above , starting with the lavas , is what geologists would expect to find in a hole piercing 6 km into the ocean crust . |
| 21 | and further , and this is not meant to be a joke , in my own experience , if they get time to think quietly and realistically , I believe a whole lot of decent Conservatives who used to think pragmatically , organically and with respect for local communities , would emerge to contribute to a coalition for the future over against the ideological block that seems to think we use people to make money , instead of making money to serve people and their communities . |
| 22 | No one would mind calling in a doctor of your social standing . ’ |
| 23 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 24 | If you would like to attend for a day or a weekend , we would be delighted to welcome you , but do let us know in advance ! |
| 25 | ‘ I would like to live in a tree too . |
| 26 | While the Government would like to aim at an insurance pool of around £500m a year , the industry thinks this would be optimistic . |
| 27 | Q I would like to invest in a gravel cleaner that removes detritus without syphoning off water , as I would like to be able to clean the gravel in between regular changes . |
| 28 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 29 | If you feel you would like to go to a group but feel uneasy about going to the first one alone contact me and I will arrange for someone to take you and introduce you . |
| 30 | Now when we go out on the road we would like to go through a vehicle check with you . |