Example sentences of "we [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 31 | Laocoon suffers ; but he suffers like Sophocles ' Philoctetes ; his misery pierces us to the soul ; but we should like to be able to bear anguish in the manner of this great man . |
| 32 | " Thank you , Mrs James , we should like you to confine yourself to first-hand evidence … you wrote to your husband , of course , to explain the arrangements you had made in his absence ? " |
| 33 | We never in practice achieve the homogeneity of physical properties we should like to assume in the applications of elasticity theory . |
| 34 | I was glad that we had not troubled him personally , though we confessed that we should like to have set foot in the flat . |
| 35 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 36 | Many of our residents have enjoyed the hospitality and entertainment courtesy of Matron Elder and on their behalf we should like to express our appreciation , and to thank all concerned for including us in their celebrations . |
| 37 | Ideally , we should like the government to ensure that the economy is on the Pareto-efficient frontier , shown in Figure 15–2 , but take responsibility for making the value judgement about which point on this frontier the economy should attain . |
| 38 | Ideally we should like to organize everyone 's plans today so that the social marginal cost of goods in the future just equals the social marginal benefit . |
| 39 | The idea of trying to work out an optimum ratio is interesting , and we should like to think about it further . |
| 40 | We do not have a closed mind , but we should like to rationalise our training areas , enlarging some that we already have and disposing of smaller ones . |
| 41 | We should like to be constructive and we shall consider with our allies how best we can respond . |
| 42 | We should like to know how Labour plans to raise that . |
| 43 | Some of them do not always stick to the regulations as we should like . |
| 44 | Some of the funds that are now flowing from the CAP — not always put to as good a use as we should like — should encourage rather than discourage environmentally friendly farming . |
| 45 | In the hon. Gentleman 's constituency , the time taken is being reduced , although it has not been reduced as fast as we should like . |
| 46 | That is something which we should like to be changed in the future . |
| 47 | Fears have been raised about a reduction in manpower , and we should like to explore the matter further . |
| 48 | The letter continued : ’ The answers to your specific questions to the Minister , are , therefore , that we have seen a certain amount of information on the cost of the King 's Cross project ’ — we should like to know what that certain amount of information is — ’ and the projected revenues before giving consent to the deposit of the Bill . ’ |
| 49 | We should like the inspector to comment on what those large classes do to the quality of education . |
| 50 | We should like the inspector to comment on that point . |
| 51 | SIR , — We should like to compare the ‘ classical ’ view on the course of events leading to gram-negative sepsis , organ failure , and death with that proposed by Dr Hurley ( May 1 , p 1133 ) . |
| 52 | We should like the coffee as soon as possible . ’ |
| 53 | It is our feeling that the council needs to be encouraged to take that attitude because if we have a change of policy as the District Council are asking , so that the number of sites released from industrial use is compensated by new green field sites being allocated , then it seems a little bit like a blank cheque to us and we should like to see a firmer control on the amount of land that is lost to development and in seeing that firmer control we 'd like to put pressure on the District Council by not offering them compensation |
| 54 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 55 | This is all to the good but there are a few bare bones we should like you to ‘ gnaw on ’ just in case complacency sets in ! |
| 56 | Now , if we 're going to allow an organisation like that , have we no erm chance to say that after they 've had their collection , we should like to have some indication of what percentage went to Oxford , so that when they apply again , we can at least know whether this is actually a genuine local organisation or national . |
| 57 | erm He says , ‘ Just as what we think good , what we should like , has no bearing on whatever on what is , so it is for us to determine the good life . |
| 58 | If we really could n't find anything for that , so what we 'll like , we 're gon na paint it , Anagly An Anaglypta it again |
| 59 | We should arrange to meet but we 'll like |
| 60 | We might like to have that distinction in mind as these lectures continue . |