Example sentences of "would [verb] [to-vb] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference . |
| 2 | I would want to add that the theory of RE is for pupils as well as for teachers . |
| 3 | He said he would wait to see if the Caliph would reward us for forcing the breach . |
| 4 | The first type of usage , that where the infinitive is non-realized ( He tried to get free ) , would appear to arise when the movement denoted by to is not carried to its end-point , i.e. when only the beginning of the movement signified by to is actualized : The second type , where the sense is rather that the infinitive 's event is actually realized ( He managed to get free ) , seems to arise where the speaker has actualized the whole of the movement signified by to , thus reaching the point where the realization of the infinitive event takes place . |
| 5 | These would appear to suggest that the outcome of continued exercise at a high level is a good one , but of course those women were fit before their pregnancies . |
| 6 | The five-way selector deals out all the sounds you would expect to find and the tone control really does add more sparkle , rather than ( as is so often the case ) rendering everything tinny and harsh . |
| 7 | He is keen that Britain should get involved too , and would like to see whether the council could help . |
| 8 | Act the way you would like to behave and the chances are the act and the real thing will merge . |
| 9 | ‘ That is what I would like to do when the time is right . ’ |
| 10 | The letter makes clear the nature of the operations , and I would like to emphasise that the work involves the use of hand tools only ( apart from the roller ) , and that repairs will not encroach on the edge adjacent to the water , to ensure that no damage is caused to the banks . |
| 11 | I would like to stress that the characters in this poem bear no resemblance to any real persons living or dead ! |
| 12 | At this point I would like to stress that the tank was overstocked but the number of water changes I made helped avoid any problems . |
| 13 | Just decide when and where you would like to sit and the rest is straightforward . |
| 14 | Erm we would like to know whether the food 's been produced cleanly , say organically . |
| 15 | I would like to know if the machine can be converted to full time four wheel drive , There are no real advantages to permanent four wheel drive but , if you wish to , use the transfer box from a 1948–50 Series One . |
| 16 | I would like to know if the notice was legal and if there are any other Munros or Corbetts which display the sign . , |
| 17 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 18 | But we would like to think that the success of our book rendered both publishers and television producers more aware of the audience for material pertaining to the historical Jesus and the origins of Christianity — an audience whose appetite makes such books and films viable . |
| 19 | I would like to think that the problem of entry into Equity could be resolved in the future — difficult as it is . |
| 20 | I would like to think that the glamour and the inevitable aspects of artificiality in my job have never made the slightest impact on the way I live . |
| 21 | I would like to think that the Foxley Wood and Stone Bassett decisions might mark a positive turning point . |
| 22 | We would like to think that the number he announced yesterday was of his choosing . |
| 23 | Remarks ( i ) The author would like to think that the reader got some enjoyment out of reading over that proof . |
| 24 | Erm any other points that er a board member would like to raise or the chief |
| 25 | On this basis , we would like to propose that the lack of transcriptional activity in RJ2.2.5 is caused by the accumulation of a DNA binding factor recognizing cis-acting regulatory elements of the MHC class II promoter and that the underlying defect consists in the lack of a determinant which prevents such an accumulation . |
| 26 | They would have to wait until the property is sold before the super profits come in . ’ |
| 27 | But she would have to wait until the dog was fast asleep before going into the garden . |
| 28 | Michael Meacher , the shadow Secretary of State for Employment , said that such definitions would have to wait until the party formed a government and the details were worked out between ministers and officials . |
| 29 | Since there had been no clear mandate in 1910 and since the Lords could not now force another election , Unionists would have to resist until the government called one themselves . |
| 30 | For if he did not assume that " mind " is an exclusive property of the observer , he would have to suppose that the stuff he observes possesses the same qualities of imagination as he claims for himself . |