Example sentences of "would [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many would prefer to risk a pregnancy than put up with the side-effects of ‘ efficient ’ contraception . |
| 2 | I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat . |
| 3 | The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Those who would prefer to use a bank amounted to 22 per cent . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We would prefer to have a year 's grace to try some of these experiments ’ — DON RUTHERFORD ( RFU technical director ) on the proposed new law changes . |
| 9 | Twice as many women would prefer to have a baby girl than a baby boy |
| 10 | Ideally , the purchaser would prefer to make a retention of part of the purchase price and only pay this to the vendor once certain levels of material consents have been received . |
| 11 | ‘ Who in their right senses would want to take a babby in arms on a journey like that ? ’ |
| 12 | He would want to put a vowel in front of the " l " and say " ilake " and " ilamp " . |
| 13 | He did not see why anyone , even a wealthy mill-owner , would want to drive a horse and carriage backwards down such a steeply sloping yard when he could just as easily leave it standing in the driveway . |
| 14 | ‘ Who would want to drive a car bomb at the cordon ? ’ shouted Cardiff above the sound of the storm . |
| 15 | But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me . |
| 16 | Nor does Anna Massey express any sensuality that could explain why even a bald , bulky vagrant would want to ravish a woman who looks like the world 's oldest pixie . |
| 17 | ‘ Who would want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 18 | No one in his right mind would want to start a fight in such a place as this . |
| 19 | She says I think one of the worst or strangest is errif which is a two year old canary — why anyone would want to have a word for that I do n't know . |
| 20 | Lashley , for his part , showed that surgical damage to parts of the brains of rats could alter the types of movements they would make to negotiate a maze without disrupting their ability to reach the goal . |
| 21 | Taylor , of course , would need to do a deal with his Williams-Renault team and a little matter of around £8million would perhaps secure his services — he would guarantee to put Taylor 's men in pole position ! |
| 22 | The tenant may wish to limit its liability to the state and condition of the premises at the commencement of the term , in which case it would need to include a provision that it will keep the Premises in no worse condition than they are in at the commencement of the Term as evidenced by the Schedule of condition annexed hereto A schedule of condition would then of course have to be settled including , if possible , a portfolio of photographs . |
| 23 | To make an atomic bomb , a terrorist or a would-be proliferator would need to get hold of only 5kg of weapon-grade plutonium or 15kg of weapon-grade uranium , less than you would need to fill a fruitbowl . |
| 24 | Thus where the home authority does not directly provide any services , a Type I ‘ internal market ’ would need to involve a mixture of types of contracts , including population-based contracts . |
| 25 | To counteract the possibility of discrimination by the EEC should it be able to establish a common external tariff , the other OEEC states would need to accept a lowering of or even an end to their tariffs , providing the Six would waive their common external tariff on goods coming from the rest of the OEEC . |
| 26 | To appreciate that , you would need to have a rabbit 's mind structure , as well as his eyes . |
| 27 | Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue . |
| 28 | ‘ But a body would need to have a car for that kind of caper . |
| 29 | ‘ To play this game fairly , ’ I said , ‘ you would need to have a hand that was bigger than your mouth . ’ |
| 30 | You would be at the mercy of the hall 's acoustics and ideally you would need to practise a bit beforehand . |