Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 3 | A qualitative interpretation of the fact that mixed sequence single strand oligomers ( Table 1 ) have smaller ΔH and ΔS terms than the oligo or polymeric homo sequences , would appear to reflect a closer analogy in the latter case with the order found in a crystal . |
| 4 | Instead , we would like to see a clearer indication of the circumstances in which car use can be reduced through different shopping patterns . |
| 5 | They see him as a possibility for the future and they would like to take a closer look at him . |
| 6 | But the second perspective is that the rent review clause is the landlord 's price for the grant of a long term , in the absence of which he would have granted a shorter term . |
| 7 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 8 | Well , they would have showed a wider picture of the actual picture , and apparently they take , co , the photographers had taken a baby away from it 's mother he 's standing in the middle of a desert , and there 's a picture of them with a baby and all these photographers photographing it ! |
| 9 | Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed . |
| 10 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 11 | This is thanks to handling and power which , to my mind , would have posed a greater threat to the Honda NSX 's title of best-handling car than any Mazda RX-7 . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that if the Wakefield district council social services department had to stick to its standard spending assessment it would have to save a further £3 million this year on services for the chronically sick and disabled ? |
| 13 | ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) . |
| 14 | The remainder of the treatment would have cost a further £23,000 , most of which would have been recouped in return for appearing in advertising promotions . |
| 15 | Instead of the blue uniform , which sat well on his big frame , he was sporting a hideous shirt patterned with palm trees and his plump buttocks were compressed into a pair of fawn slacks , the cut of which would have flattered a slimmer figure but was less than kind to his own . |
| 16 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 17 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 18 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
| 19 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 20 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 21 | The return flight was made via Horta in the Azores due to not having a Maia-assisted take-off , which would have allowed a heavier fuel load . |
| 22 | It would have needed a later generation of social workers , free from the prejudices of war , to detect the frustration behind the mask of ingratitude and disloyalty . |
| 23 | Carol and Mark were ever loyal and proud of their mother , while Denis had a role which would have dismayed a weaker man . |
| 24 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 25 | I would have added a further recommendation to the Clapham conclusions : that British Rail should forthwith desist from any further advertising expenditure and re-route the money to the improvement of safety and engineering standards . |
| 26 | However , there are no easy solutions to the problems of an area such as the Highlands within the constraints of the existing national economic structure , and there is no certainty that small-scale industries would have provided a better base for employment growth . |
| 27 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
| 28 | Had his life been prolonged , the writer thought it probable that he would have left a deeper mark on the science of the profession . |
| 29 | They would have to develop a wider vision . |
| 30 | But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory . |