Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance . |
| 2 | To disarm reluctant government ministers , the transnationals pointed out that there were other vast reserves in South America , Mexico , and Alaska , and that rather than find themselves restricted with petty regulations they would prefer to spend vast amounts on exploratory research elsewhere . |
| 3 | Mr. Wakeham : In their response to the second special report from the House of Commons Select Committee on European Legislation , Session 1985–86 , the Government reaffirmed that they would endeavour to bring forward documents for debate at the earliest appropriate opportunity . |
| 4 | In Chapter 3 we looked at the ‘ politics of variation ’ in a general sense : we asked why feminists would want to study male/female differences in language , and we also looked at the anecdotal tradition of ( often sexist ) comment feminists in the field have inherited — in some cases rather uncritically . |
| 5 | I absolutely loathe steak and I ca n't understand why anyone in their right mind would want to eat raw steak with an egg on top . |
| 6 | Special deposits would continue to be used as a means of regulation , but the Bank indicated that in the future it would consider using special deposits in a more flexible way . |
| 7 | Prospective franchisees would need to demonstrate substantial involvement in the relevant work ( in the case of general practice franchise , receipt of at least £40,000 p.a. from the Legal Aid Fund ) . |
| 8 | Another study suggested that a subject would need to breathe aerosolised air around a shower for 227 minutes to inhale one bacterial cell . |
| 9 | A Carlton take-over of HTV would need to generate combined savings of £20m a year , he said . |
| 10 | Taken to its logical conclusion , this suggests that to maximise work one would need to place high taxes on the poor and low taxes on the rich ! |
| 11 | Although Ceausescu had paid most of the country 's $11,000,000 million foreign debt during the 1980s , depriving the Romanians of food for the sake of export revenues , it was expected that Romania would need to raise foreign loans before the end of the year . |
| 12 | This does not suggest that schools would need to amass great quantities of pupils ' work for an audit . |
| 13 | Another issue raised was that Europe was not just a commercial union but a global power bloc which would need to consider external relations outside Europe . |
| 14 | It would need to find private land on which to meet and other hunts across the region may find themselves with similar problems . |
| 15 | It was obvious that to base it on a villa one would need to have full access to the whole site and many more seasons — I imagined at least 15 . |
| 16 | This , however , is quite distinct from a counselling service , which would seek to offer protected time in which the counsellor and client could focus on a psycho-social problem . |
| 17 | One of the reasons for the beneficial effect of dietary fibre is that it reduces the absorption of cholesterol — but there are other ways , too , in which it would appear to perform useful functions in keeping the heart healthy . |
| 18 | This undoubtedly prevents Britain ratifying the protocol ; in addition the operation of the Act would appear to infringe certain articles of the existing European Convention … |
| 19 | Going by their logic , we would expect to see riotous behaviour by stressed small business owners and financial investors at rugby union or American football matches . |
| 20 | Nobody expects councillors to be able to do sums involving three hundred and fifteen or fourteen million erm without professional help , just like any business would expect to use professional help for that . |
| 21 | Thus one would expect to observe negative coefficients on the current and lagged . |
| 22 | If there were large regions of anti-matter in our galaxy , we would expect to observe large quantities of radiation from the borders between the regions of matter and antimatter , where many particles would be colliding with their antiparticles , annihilating each other and giving off high energy radiation . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal rejected the Council 's defence on the ground , not that the ticket changed hands too late , but that it was not a contractual document ; for no reasonable person would expect to find contractual terms in a document which was no more than a receipt for him to prove that he had paid and which in many instances ( i.e. in the absence of the attendant ) would not change hands until long after the contract was made . |
| 24 | It would begin to spread industrial wealth among individuals . |
| 25 | Early this year the Ministry of Health and Welfare ( MHW ) announced that it would begin making regular payments to haemophiliacs infected with HIV . |
| 26 | During the course of the hearing before us , however , it became clear , as Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. has explained , that unless W. submitted to treatment of the kind which she had hitherto refused she would begin to suffer irreversible harm within a week . |
| 27 | For example , every institution would claim to accord high priority to the quality of teaching . |
| 28 | ‘ I would like to see similar surveys of children in Antrim and Down done . |
| 29 | The association would like to see minimum standards for visiting managers ' accommodation on the sides of pitches . |
| 30 | Like John Marshall and Anthony A Narula , we would like to see improved access to high quality audiological and otolaryngological assessment . |