Example sentences of "would [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he also suggested he would prefer to restrict the use of the concept of ‘ liminality ’ to those ritual periods in small-scale societies which all must pass through , and use the term ‘ liminoid ’ for those anti-structural periods personified by the ‘ counter-culture ’ of the 1960s ( 1978 : 287 ) . |
| 2 | Many would prefer to risk a pregnancy than put up with the side-effects of ‘ efficient ’ contraception . |
| 3 | ‘ Charles has at times given the impression that he would prefer to renounce the throne in favour of his son . |
| 4 | I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat . |
| 5 | He would prefer to see the work completed more quickly , otherwise whoever was responsible for operating services after privatisation ‘ is going to be running over a building site 400 miles long ’ for up to a decade . |
| 6 | The ROA would prefer to see the money used to increase prize money in the lower races , but when money is reallocated in that manner it has a way of disappearing . |
| 7 | It would prefer to see the income from the rental stream plus trading activities kept separate from the results of disposals of investment properties . |
| 8 | Joe Shea , a Hollywood community activist who had criticised the Palladium 's security record , said he would prefer to see the landmark remain open . |
| 9 | Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ? |
| 10 | Dr Caroline Jackson , MEP , said that the European Parliament would prefer to see an environment agency as opposed to the ‘ network ’ suggested by the DoE . |
| 11 | Ideally , the purchaser would prefer to leave the risk of bad debts with the vendor , after all , the vendor is the person best able to assess the position . |
| 12 | Ideally the purchaser would prefer to leave the risk of creditors with the vendor . |
| 13 | Eisenhower commented in June that the British were so incensed by this question that he felt they would prefer to lose the oil , even to the USSR , rather than admit defeat . |
| 14 | But those who would prefer to explain the book as a comedy of manners , or as current affairs , might have difficulty in explaining the prominence given to the love affair . |
| 15 | The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers . |
| 16 | I told them I would prefer to give no interviews to press or television . |
| 17 | He was cleared by the Bow Street stipendiary magistrate in January last year because he was not given the opportunity to say whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample when Vine Street police found the intoximeter did not function properly . |
| 18 | He was cleared at Bow Street Magistrate Court in January last year because he was not asked whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample at Vine Street police station . |
| 19 | Those who would prefer to use a bank amounted to 22 per cent . |
| 20 | I would prefer to use the gallery 's permanent collection in new and innovative ways ’ , one curator believes , ‘ He 's just saying the politically correct thing there . |
| 21 | I would prefer to retain the term to refer to the normal language behaviour of the user in pursuit of a communicative outcome rather than the language-like behaviour of the learner . |
| 22 | I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English . |
| 23 | Substantial reasons for setting up this service are absent from the Department of Health 's letter announcing it , which refers to ‘ anecdotal evidence ’ and says that ‘ experience suggests that many people would prefer to attend a clinic separate from other services . ’ |
| 24 | If I were a fox I would prefer to take the chance of a twenty second chop by hounds . |
| 25 | They would prefer to keep the mysteries of nature as mysterious as possible . |
| 26 | On occasion you may begin to open a file and find that you would prefer to rename the file or delete it . |
| 27 | If East Germans have the freedom to choose , can we really be confident that they would prefer to face the difficulties of establishing a capitalist economy and democratic system on their own ? |
| 28 | Indeed I had also hoped that we might pick up some extra coach passengers , who , strange as it might seem , would prefer to forgo the train ride altogether and just go to the eisteddfod . |
| 29 | They would contend that in nearly all cases the identity of their supplier was an important factor , and therefore would prefer to permit no assignments without their prior consultation and consent . |
| 30 | There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day . |