Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've come to terms with it , it does n't bother whether I 've got it or not , but to be honest I 'd rather have more hair than I do now . |
| 2 | But where I am is in something of a dilemma , because if we do n't recruit anybody now it seems to me unlikely that we will actually manage to reduce our times , that would in tern would mean we 'd actually want more staff next year erm , so I have set out a series of options . |
| 3 | Scepticism would paradoxically produce more sympathy , for one is left rather baffled as to the inner life of both women . |
| 4 | There are , however , different levels of publication that could be developed which would eventually help more material to become available at the professional level that we have been discussing . |
| 5 | Both do a good job , he says , but ‘ I would rather see more judgments out there in the market . ’ |
| 6 | To flee cravenly would only invite more complaint , and personal complaint too . |
| 7 | Wishing desperately that she were able to defend her grandfather , but knowing that to explain would only cause more trouble until she 'd been able to speak with his mother , and fervently wishing she had locked her door when she 'd come up to bed , Ellie said tiredly , ‘ I do n't know why . |
| 8 | If the Church would only have more faith in Carey and the wise words of moral guidance that he offers perhaps more of us would have faith in the Church . |
| 9 | Sleep would perhaps make more sense after thirty-six hours straight on duty , much of it spent with a sullen Jamaican who had killed his landlady and her three children in the crowded kitchen of a house behind the Westway . |
| 10 | The railway would merely permit more people to move about , meet and be stupid together . |
| 11 | Eliminating skilled labour would thus give more power to management . |
| 12 | Gravity would soon yield more disbenefits than benefits . |
| 13 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
| 14 | A drainage ditch around them would probably do more good than anything else . |
| 15 | But no , it would probably cause more trouble if she meddled further and tried to explain . |
| 16 | If as in pluralistic societies , individual enterprises were free to scan the market place themselves , they might duplicate purchases but , in the aggregate , would also spot more opportunities than would a relatively small number of foreign trade officials . |
| 17 | Increase in individual settlement size , together with greater intensification of land use , would also accommodate more people ; perhaps this is why many hamlets grew into villages or why polyfocal villages developed . |
| 18 | One long-serving officer argued the review would also mean more firemen on tenders and fewer officers in the station , which would make promotion harder to win but would benefit the public . |
| 19 | I was told that the tenants would also make more profit from guest beers . |
| 20 | Matches in the second half of the season would inevitably have more significance as a result . |
| 21 | His toast in the morning tasted of bleach , his pint at the Rose tasted bleached , He would simply add more sugar . |
| 22 | A lit little write up through through pub this would surely bring more people in if they knew what was . |
| 23 | Women returning to work are also handicapped by a lack of information about what help is available to them , a lack of childcare and flexible working — ‘ if there was a greater variety of working patterns , you would undoubtedly attract more back ’ , says Michaels . |
| 24 | The beneficial effects of tax-haven status would undoubtedly attract more industry and jobs , while the wealth produced would help foreign exchange and increase VAT income on subsequent spendings . |
| 25 | That would truly put more competition in elections , and more power in the hands of individuals . |
| 26 | So it might The inner relief road , whichever alignment if I read you right , would actually push more traffic back onto the A fifty nine in Knaresborough . |
| 27 | Everybody likes a tax cut but the government would actually raise more revenue by cutting taxes . |
| 28 | It would certainly create more work for the lawyers but would not add a great deal of protection for the ordinary person . |