Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If , to be effective , learning had to become personalised ( made part of oneself — the learner — through direct and vicarious experiences ) then each child would need to follow an individualised learning programme .
2 Answer guide : In order to protect their current interests they would need to have an equal number of ordinary shares .
3 Only a handful of polls since Christmas have given either party the lead they would need to secure an outright majority .
4 Mr Scargill would seek to become an NUM-sponsored MP .
5 Flynn got all the really difficult contracts , or the ones John was unsure of being able to visit regularly ; Flynn was the one man John would trust to manage an entire contract on his own .
6 At first glance the size of the surpluses , their volatility , and the corresponding deficits in oil importing countries would appear to pose an overwhelm-ing problem for any type of exchange rate system .
7 We too would like to see some pensioner and pensioner trustees on that trustee board , but we do also recognise because it is er a large scheme heavily weighted er with er pensioners and deferred pensioners in the very fact that it has been transferred from the public centre of public er sector into the private sector , that we would like to see an independent trustee er er appointed on to the er Committee of Management it would er er sort of act as a balance and be able to provide er specialist advice to particularly the Trade Union Trustees and for that matter the Employer Trustees so as to keep a broad balance of what 's happening within the that time .
8 What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration .
9 Volunteers from ‘ Spokes ’ , the Lothians cycle campaign , with the help of the national path-building charity Sustrans , would like to build an all-weather path for cyclists and pedestrians along the south bank of the River Almond , from Boathouse Bridge to the point near Turnhouse village where the East Coast Main Line crosses the river ( point A on map , enclosed ) .
10 Volunteers from ‘ Spokes ’ , the Lothians cycle campaign , with the help of the national path-building charity Sustrans , would like to build an all-weather path for cyclists and pedestrians along the south bank of the River Almond , from Boathouse Bridge to the point near Turnhouse village where the East Coast Main Line crosses the river ( point A on map , enclosed ) .
11 ‘ I would like to win an Olympic medal . ’
12 I would like to suggest an alternative interview on Wednesday 8 September 1993 at the above address at 2.00 pm .
13 Ring the bell and say that you would like to adopt an old person .
14 If you are among the few unlucky ones and would like to try an alternative attack — please get in touch with me .
15 Pilots of jet aircraft making tight turns feel forces that are labelled ‘ g forces ’ , and in the realm of space exploration proposals exist to build giant wheels that would rotate to provide an artificial gravity .
16 Apparently this was the wont of the original Lazy Lawrence , a lackadaisical labourer who would avoid making an extra trip if he could .
17 To attempt to calculate the cost for the long-stay psychogeriatric wards in the particular hospitals in the project would have involved an observational study of all the staff who had an input , for example doctors , nurses , occupational therapists , social workers , community psychiatric nurses , etc to see how much time they spent directly with the patients in the long-stay wards and how much time they spent indirectly in work connected with these patients such as in case conferences , meetings , administrative work , telephone calls and so on .
18 Had Everton lost , then there is no doubt that the mutterings of discontent around Goodison Park would have become an audible cry challenging Kendall 's leadership .
19 Perhaps , to be a little facetious , an ancestral insect that looked only 5 per cent like a turd would have fooled an ancestral bird with only 5 per cent vision .
20 And he said Tory plans would have placed an additional £20 per person on the annual bill .
21 Mmmn , that would have to include an away win .
22 To buy and run the above mentioned Cavalier and Mercedes-Benz , the two drivers would have to earn an extra £4900 and £10,916 respectively ( the calculations being based on cost-per-mile figures from industry analysts ) .
23 It is highly likely that there was no possible adjustment to the gold price in the 1960s which would have ensured an adequate flow of gold into the reserves of the USA and other countries .
24 The London stockbrokers County Natwest Wood Mackenzie reported on Dec. 21 their calculation that the only major stock market in which a sterling investor would have realized an average gain during 1990 would have been Mexico , where booming market conditions would have produced a 53.2 per cent profit ; the UK , by comparison , would have produced a 7.7 per cent average loss , the West German market would have brought a 21.4 per cent loss , and the USA a 17.1 per cent loss .
25 It was exactly what she would have imagined an ex-racing driver to choose , but when he set off she was surprised at how carefully he drove .
26 ‘ Had the increase in pensions been in line with inflation in the 12 months ending April 1989 , a single person with the basic state pension would have received an additional £44.20 and a couple another £72.80 during the year , ’ said Mrs Greengross .
27 In July he was given an Irish peerage as Viscount Fitzhardinge , and would have received an English title had the king not been conscious of hostility to his courtiers in the English House of Commons .
28 She had clearly by various decree created a force majeure over mineral workings and whilst at the time this would have appeared an admirable standing , nevertheless the monopoly began to serve , in later years , as a disincentive to exploration and development .
29 He was glad that the matter was dealt with ; it would have been inconvenient to travel south just now , he would have missed an important part of the moral philosophy course .
30 According to the owner 's agent , Robert Holden , the owners offered to give the house and land in exchange for £1.8 for the contents , which would have formed an enhanced tax douceur .
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