Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not seem to appreciate the contradiction between his virulent denunciations of parliamentary democracy and the increasingly close economic ties being woven between Spain and the western democracies ; nor between his belief that economic nationalism was best and the fact that unless Spain liberalized its economic policies , it would remain isolated from the growth then beginning to be enjoyed by the rest of Europe . |
| 2 | ‘ Were the Conservatives to remain in office , that money would remain buried in the bank vaults , unable to benefit the people of our town . ’ |
| 3 | It would remain pegged to the deutschmark at a new rate of DM1.00=13 dinars . |
| 4 | Five or six in one part of the hall would create a din , and when Blackshirt stewards approached to eject them scores of Red colleagues would arise to join in the battle . |
| 5 | I would prefer to go in the kop , but failing that I 'd like to try the new East stand . |
| 6 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the average Chief would prefer to do without the glory ! ’ |
| 8 | Research has shown that 80 per cent of the population would prefer to live in the country rather than in a city or urban town . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 10 | although he would want to return to the question of public spending savings , he said that the report was a very thorough examination and also exceptionally well written . |
| 11 | And who but a megalomaniac would want to live on the set for a Hammer horror movie ? ’ |
| 12 | What , do you have any idea what sort of social work you would want to do in the end , or not really ? |
| 13 | After I had fired the frame they would want to look through the camera and would actually retake it with his own finger , saying ‘ It looks better like this . ’ |
| 14 | She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said . |
| 15 | He surprised and alarmed us all by saying that , following the liberalisation of exit controls , he expected that up to 7 million Soviet citizens would want to work in the west . |
| 16 | Bradshaw and Millar found that about two-thirds ( 62 per cent ) of lone mothers on income support said that they did not want to work immediately although they would want to work in the future . |
| 17 | Ms Fancourt was superb and Ms Coyne would make walking to the bus stop seem a provocative and elegant statement . |
| 18 | Hope her mum was n't listening — no , she would 've gone into the kitchen to cook poor Bina a nice meal . |
| 19 | Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers . |
| 20 | And the fact that your wife is erm there was something that could 've possibly been done for your wife and that is something that maybe I would 've mentioned at the end , do you think this would of be any benefit to the wife only as maybe an ending statement or something |
| 21 | The pound , they said , would stay tied to the mark , whatever that might cost . |
| 22 | None of the major builders of production yachts would consider participating in the Salon Nautique without being able to attract customers to their stand with a new model : Gilbert Marine , builders of Gib'Sea Yachts , are no exception . |
| 23 | Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry . |
| 24 | This represents a notional calculation of the benefit gained by living in one 's own house or , in other words , the rent which one would consider paying for the use of the house . |
| 25 | However , on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the United States announced that it was to cut its 1990 contribution to FAO from $70,000,000 to $18,000,000 and would consider withdrawing from the organization altogether . |
| 26 | So I settled for the fact that you ca n't devote the time which I feel you would need to give to the job . |
| 27 | In fact , all a person would need to do in the middle of a Darkfall storm would be to remain calm , not touch anything — unless he or she is wearing gloves and wait for the effect to pass . |
| 28 | A drawback to this plan was the weather — that is to say , several large puddles and patches of mud were in evidence — and the fact that one would need to return to the billiard room again at some point to bolt the french windows from the inside . |
| 29 | The Michelin guide to Perigord will reveal a castle either preserved or in ruins at each of these places , though one would need to go off the map to Mareuil-sur-Belle , as well as Vieux-Mareuil , to identify all the three donjons which Pound speaks of in that vicinity . |
| 30 | The patient should not be allowed to drink too much , as he would need to go to the toilet too often . |