Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties . |
| 2 | Such a strategy would , as in the case of the Baptist Union , include church planting , it would include training leaders for the task , and it would include setting some immediate goals such as those above . |
| 3 | The interpretation by the Registrar would appear to create some interesting situations with new companies . |
| 4 | Developers of electric vehicles around the world would like to see some small concessions granted in the legislations so that ULEVs are not unduly penalised . |
| 5 | I would like to make some initial comments about the above plan , in response to the introductory leaflet : in particular the section under economy , ‘ to improve access into the countryside ’ . |
| 6 | My crew would like to hear some new news from the Dales . ’ |
| 7 | I would have liked some manual override on exposure settings , though the fill-in flash is some compensation . |
| 8 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 9 | Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation . |
| 10 | To overcome and penetrate this formidable barrier , the British would have to devise some new tactic . |
| 11 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 12 | Had it been less well done , someone as prickly and paranoid as Alex Household would have bridled , would have pointed out that to lose a part at the beginning of one 's career was rather different from losing it after twenty years in the business , would have made some bitter retort . |
| 13 | She was accustomed to central heating She would have to buy some new , thick pyjamas for the winter which was just beginning , if there was any money . |
| 14 | He subsequently set off to explore the county on foot as far as Lands End and his notes show that his book , had it been written , would have contained some far-fetched fantasies — as well as straight inaccuracies . |
| 15 | He was a lovely horse , and would have won some good races next year . ’ |
| 16 | There are no votes in plans to pension off the Queen , and the House of Windsor has achieved a stability which would have surprised some previous royal households . |
| 17 | Soon I would have to try some long-range fixing of this problem . |
| 18 | On the other hand , could it also be argued that without this form of population control there might be an over-population of some wild species and that nature would have to find some other way of correcting it ? |
| 19 | It looked very much as though I would have to find some other career . |
| 20 | Applied here the Secretary of State would have to show some reasonable grounds in the above sense , that the local authority was proposing action so unreasonable that no reasonable authority would countenance it . |
| 21 | Now if we 'd have the voice of the Funny Man guessed we would have had some postal contestant winners , but they now go back in the box with those yet to come in the next week . |
| 22 | Failing this , however , the only mechanism for effecting variation by agreement would have to involve some other type of representation of national identity . |
| 23 | Carter would have to have some other way of figuring out Marcus 's preferences . |
| 24 | The Local Education Authority would continue to provide some central support and advisory services and be responsible for corporate matters concerning further education , but in most other respects , functional control would be passed to the individual establishments . |
| 25 | Sandy said : ‘ It is very nice to see regular clients but we would love to welcome some new faces as well . ’ |
| 26 | I would love to make some new friends . ’ |