Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would love more people to be aware of the sometimes painfully beautiful music that Gál wrote , but ( and I do no injustice to his shade ) I would n't try to convince anyone of his stature on the basis of the music for mandolin and piano recorded here : it seems to have been composed for the sheer enjoyment of the players — well-tuned , amiable , and slightly unmemorable stuff . |
| 2 | I would spend more time in Aunt Emily 's except that Dora does n't like it . |
| 3 | You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't . |
| 4 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
| 5 | I would like more money for a few more things though |
| 6 | Mr Thaw said : ‘ Obviously I would like more people to watch it , but I do n't give a damn what the press say about it . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Thaw said : ‘ Obviously I would like more people to watch it , but I do n't give a damn what the press say about it . ’ |
| 8 | I would put more emphasis on the role of schools and teachers in dissuading girls from science , and less on girls ' internal states . |
| 9 | Much as I was itching to play with the Bob Marley , I knew I would have more chance of parking Armstrong illegally when I collected Werewolf . |
| 10 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 11 | Nobody would want more hay that night . |
| 12 | John Veltri , a Canadian priest , struggling with the idea of a retreat which would reach more people , devised a form of prayer week which would allow people to enjoy the spiritual benefits of a retreat whilst still going about their normal daily lives . |
| 13 | At present , there are too few places that cater properly for tourists , yet we could easily create facilities which would attract more visitors , and encourage them to spend more , too . |
| 14 | In 1936 , Bertrand Russell , after rehearsing the expected consequences of a new war , posed the question : ‘ Can we imagine any great modern war which would do more good than harm ? ’ |
| 15 | Taxes raised on what is reckoned to be the world 's largest untaxed industry would help governments spend money on treatment and education , which would do more good than the billions currently spent on attempting to throttle the criminal supply of drugs of all sorts . |
| 16 | The cynic in me says it is because the larger firms do not do small audits and because abolition would cause problems for the ACCA , which would have more difficulty maintaining an audit regulatory presence as fewer of their members would be auditing . |
| 17 | If the money was ploughed back into dog racing — horse racing enjoys a £40million levy — tracks could improve amenities and strengthen security which would encourage more people to go to the dogs . |
| 18 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 19 | If she had a flat of her own , she would get more benefit but her quality of living would come down . |
| 20 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
| 21 | She remembered the doctor telling her , as gently as he could , that it was unlikely that she would have more children , and the shocked look on her husband 's face when he heard the news . |
| 22 | As discussed in Chapter 2 , it is precisely this " misappropriation " of resources which draws the sharpest attacks from medicine 's critics who would divert more resources into the " low technology " care of the elderly and handicapped and effective illness prevention strategies . |
| 23 | BEGINNERS COURSES On Saturday 3rd October at Oakmeeds Community School , there will be a one morning session , particularly for anyone who does not yet have a machine and who would like more information , or there is a ten-week evening course starting either Monday 21st September or Thursday 24th September . |
| 24 | Third , effective operational planning of services for individuals would be fostered by the appointment of care managers who would have more flexibility to be innovative and would also work within a clear system of accountability to senior managers . |
| 25 | er you know if you think you 're not gon na get cancer you would eat more vegetables really |
| 26 | It could be that your husband has announced his intention to spend his retirement playing golf or on some other activity which , for one reason or another , excludes you , and you would welcome more time spent together . |
| 27 | Cos I remember the duties , there used to be a driver you would get more pay for bringing the bus , one man , so underneath each duty was just how many , how many hours he was one man and how many two men . |
| 28 | And in terrible conditions , erm , another country is Zaire where there is currently , I mean I 'd think there was a military coup or something there in the last few weeks , but these things are colonies which were n't connected to Britain , hoping I 'm being , I think it 's a French colony , they use a Belgian colony or is an ex Belgian colony , maybe in Belgium and France you would get more news about those two countries , but here we do n't , because they , we have n't got that colonial connection that makes us interested perhaps erm and , and when we do find out about South Africa because it used to be a colony , we do find out about , I mean Ethiopia I think we found out about because of the disaster that 's happening there in several of the countries all around it , used to be British colonies . |
| 29 | From your point of view , the ex-Soviet non-Union is now the world leader in creative accounting , and you could work there for London 's own Euro-institution , the Bank for Reconstruction and Development — but I think you would get more value from Hong Kong . |
| 30 | You actually have three children under the age of seven , and if your husband died while they were still young , still in education , heaven forbid , but these things still do happen , it might be that you think that you would need more cover at that point in time , than later on , maybe when the children have left home . |