Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it . |
| 2 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
| 3 | The idea has proved popular among villagers , many of whom would like to see a return to the days when they could safely leave their doors unlocked . |
| 4 | Richard MacCormac , the recently installed president of the RIBA , would like to see an end to the British passion for period houses . |
| 5 | and we would like to see an end to all experiments on animals , for cosmetics , toiletry , household product purposes . |
| 6 | So , Annabelle and Steven , we would like to drink a toast to your happy future together . |
| 7 | Any groups or individuals who would like to make a contribution to the consultation are asked to follow , as far as possible , the order and formal of the questions in the Lineamenta . |
| 8 | So far we have been self supporting with most of the folks who come along donating to our needs , however we would like to make a donation to the Seventh Day Adventist Church who give us the use of their premises , gas and electricity free of charge . |
| 9 | If you would like to make a donation to mountain rescue send cheques or postal orders made payable to Mountain Rescue Committee to : , . |
| 10 | I would like to make a suggestion to Mrs Higginbottom of Leeds ( April'92 ) for her problem with static electricity . |
| 11 | I note that RDS would like to have an input to this work , and would be pleased to consider anything that you wish to submit . |
| 12 | I would like to follow a man to another country . ’ |
| 13 | In this context I would like to pay a tribute to the British officers who served Burma during the years it was part of the Commonwealth . |
| 14 | I would like to propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven , wishing them much joy and happiness for their future together . |
| 15 | I belong to the Working Group for Children ( A.I. ) , and my husband and I would like to send a donation to Bruce Harris for the Asociacon Casa Alianza . |
| 16 | In its original form , it would have involved a cost to the British taxpayer , to the Government and to employers of up to £500 million . |
| 17 | The public had a right to be properly informed , which could only be denied them if it appeared absolutely certain that the article would have presented a threat to judicial authority . |
| 18 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 19 | Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims . |
| 20 | The existence , somewhere within the Empire or on its periphery , of a lineal descent from Jesus or his family would have represented a threat to the coalescing Church hierarchy — the propagators of specifically Pauline Christianity . |
| 21 | The cenotaph provides a fitting frontispiece to the chapel and here the memorial garden , cared for by members of the Keyingham Royal British Legion , now houses the remains of the ancient village cross , moved from its site a few yards away where it would have caused an obstruction to modern traffic flow . |
| 22 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 23 | For one thing , there would be problems in establishing causation : showing that steps that a more energetic management might have taken would have made a difference to the company 's position would involve an assessment of complex and often imponderable factors . |
| 24 | But surely they too would have preferred a decision to an indefinite postponement . |
| 25 | But there are always one or two who would have preferred a colleague to a stranger even if they hated his guts . |
| 26 | The Home Secretary had previously informed the Cabinet that he would have included a provision to this effect in the Bill if he had not thought it preferable to leave it to the Lords to take the initiative . |
| 27 | If the bill became law , manufacturers using chemicals obtained from local species would have to pay a royalty to the state . |
| 28 | Any attempt to use the scriptures to vindicate the slave trade was thus bound to provoke energetic efforts by abolitionists to controvert the arguments ; failure to do so would have yielded an authority to the pro-slave trade position by sacrificing one of the main ways religious reformers had of grasping the essential spirit of the Christian moral order . |
| 29 | ‘ Had either Syria or the Palestinians been shown to be involved , ’ he said , ‘ it would have added a complication to the peace conference , perhaps provoking an Israeli walk-out . ’ |
| 30 | Hans would have had an answer to the current predicament . |