Example sentences of "would [vb infin] more [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think more so than a big Tesco 's because you would n't think lots of people |
| 2 | The overweight people would eat more rapidly than the slim people . |
| 3 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 4 | Resources : The Ninth Five-Year Plan ( 1971–75 ) stipulated that light industry would grow more quickly than heavy industry ; nonetheless , the opposite took place . |
| 5 | An obvious answer is to have this basic groundwork done by a much smaller group who would meet more regularly and for longer periods at a stretch . |
| 6 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 7 | During a hesitant phase , a speaker would pause more often and for longer periods in the long clauses , than during a fluent phase . |
| 8 | Most countries had objected that they would be forced to rely on each other 's trade statistics , that exporters would face more rather than less paperwork at national borders , and that the potential for fraud would increase . |
| 9 | If it did start up , the Ariadne would ride more comfortably if it were bows on to it . |
| 10 | One third of them also admitted they would drive more carefully if they had to buy their own cars and pay all the running and repair costs . |
| 11 | Maybe the couple would kiss more frequently or hold hands in the street , or maybe she would make him supper when the children were in bed . |
| 12 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 13 | It would respond to concerns referred to it , rather than being naturally intrusive , and so would operate more effectively than an SEC . |
| 14 | He saw no reason to add that from now on , her body would break down : she would gradually become slower in her movements , she would tire more easily and lack stamina , and she would probably have another stroke in seven years ' time — at the latest . |
| 15 | ‘ I would say more generally that whenever money is paid to the revenue pending the outcome of a dispute which , to the knowledge of both parties , will determine whether or not the revenue are entitled to the money , an agreement for the repayment of the money if and when the dispute is resolved in the taxpayer 's favour must inevitably be implied unless the statute itself produces that result , as it does , for example , in cases falling within paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 1972 . |