Example sentences of "would [verb] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would break with Lloyd George , and it would remain to be seen whether the victim would be himself or the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Even granted hebbian principles , all such questions would remain to be addressed , and answering them helps to decide at what level of cellular complexity memories are represented within the brain . |
| 3 | She missed her friends but she did n't envy them — though she thought Albert Sandwich probably did : he was the sort of boy who would prefer to be taught in a proper school . |
| 4 | They also ask : are native enterprises being presented with a powerful ‘ demonstration effect ’ where , given the opportunity , they would prefer to be rid of an old industrial relations system in preference for the one used by their newly-arrived neighbours ? |
| 5 | Sam had a one-word vocabulary and yet he found no problem with making it perfectly clear whether he would prefer to be scratched under his chin , behind the ears , or on his tummy . |
| 6 | Today 's teaching force probably contains a rather higher proportion of workers who would prefer to be employed elsewhere than was the case 30 or 40 years ago . |
| 7 | The timber producing companies , the announcement says , would prefer to be respected for their integrity in the exercise of self-control without conditions imposed on them by other countries . |
| 8 | We shall be writing to you again around August 1989 to ask you whether you would prefer to be excluded . |
| 9 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 10 | ‘ I — I would prefer to be excused . ’ |
| 11 | This was certainly true of his year as social security minister , where Major would prefer to be remembered for dispensing fivers to freezing pensioners in the form of severe-weather payments ( even though they received only one each for one week ) , than for helping to draft the 1988 Social Security Act . |
| 12 | The version of a module which the module manager would prefer to be used . |
| 13 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 14 | My reply was that I doubted if any such plan had a remote chance of success , and that I would want to be assured of the truthfulness and authenticity of the document he was planning to send me . |
| 15 | And even if Dersingham did want to adopt an heir , who would want to be adopted by Dersingham ? |
| 16 | It does not seem to bother them that their chances of survival are low , but then only the most crazed Goblins would want to be propelled high into the air anyway . |
| 17 | Nobody would want to be seen crawling to or even making sycophantic noises with Morrissey , of all people . |
| 18 | Otherwise there is a danger that the phrase will be used merely symbolically , to create the illusion of change , to deflect criticism , or to discredit opposition ( because no one would want to be seen to oppose ‘ the child 's best interests ’ ) . |
| 19 | There 's work that needs to be done , in most of the major sports grounds , but that 's proceeding and there 's , if you can imagine that there 's , in Shrewsbury for example , a lot of the work which we would want to be done on the grounds have been less than enthusiastic about doing , because they 're likely not to be there for very long . |
| 20 | And while no carrier would want to be bound by terms and conditions other than those on the receipt message he sent , no transferee would want to pay for an electronic bill whose terms and conditions are other than those he received . |
| 21 | It was unlikely that Selborne residents would want to be buried there . |
| 22 | Admittedly over ninety per cent of people who took part in a survey said that they would want to be told ; but it is important to stress that the respondents were all healthy people , and in illness attitudes may change . |
| 23 | This would involve past players and others who would want to be associated with the club 's history and achievements . |
| 24 | There are 27 women deacons in the Chester Diocese at the moment and diocesan spokesman , Rev Tim Barker , said he anticipated that many of them would want to be ordained . |
| 25 | A scullion ran across with a basket of fresh-cooked meat , taking it to one of the kitchens where it would hang to be cured , diced , salted and stored for the duration of the winter . |
| 26 | Any appointments made by Tshisekedi would need to be ratified by the national conference . |
| 27 | In a partnership any adjustment to original provisions and submitted computations would need to be communicated to each partner and his or her adviser , and adjustments made for each partner to payments on account . |
| 28 | If it were to hold a known instrument off a bed casting then this would need to be declared ; ie " design of a bracket to support instrument off bed " . |
| 29 | In practice , the terms of the sale and repurchase agreement would need to be analysed carefully to reveal its true commercial effect . |
| 30 | The working group also miscalculated the number of new houses that would need to be built in the future . |