Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead they would prefer to hold idle money balances in the knowledge that , if they wait , the rate of interest will go up again . |
| 2 | ‘ As a retailer , naturally I would prefer to see added value rather than price cutting , ’ she adds . |
| 3 | It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance . |
| 4 | To disarm reluctant government ministers , the transnationals pointed out that there were other vast reserves in South America , Mexico , and Alaska , and that rather than find themselves restricted with petty regulations they would prefer to spend vast amounts on exploratory research elsewhere . |
| 5 | said that they would prefer to work full time . |
| 6 | Mr. Wakeham : In their response to the second special report from the House of Commons Select Committee on European Legislation , Session 1985–86 , the Government reaffirmed that they would endeavour to bring forward documents for debate at the earliest appropriate opportunity . |
| 7 | And I think that you have to look much more carefully at what I would want to call positive discrimination . |
| 8 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
| 9 | ‘ Some of the newspapers say so , ’ replied Lord Henry , ‘ but who would want to murder poor Basil ? |
| 10 | In Chapter 3 we looked at the ‘ politics of variation ’ in a general sense : we asked why feminists would want to study male/female differences in language , and we also looked at the anecdotal tradition of ( often sexist ) comment feminists in the field have inherited — in some cases rather uncritically . |
| 11 | I absolutely loathe steak and I ca n't understand why anyone in their right mind would want to eat raw steak with an egg on top . |
| 12 | Prospective franchisees would need to demonstrate substantial involvement in the relevant work ( in the case of general practice franchise , receipt of at least £40,000 p.a. from the Legal Aid Fund ) . |
| 13 | Another study suggested that a subject would need to breathe aerosolised air around a shower for 227 minutes to inhale one bacterial cell . |
| 14 | A Carlton take-over of HTV would need to generate combined savings of £20m a year , he said . |
| 15 | Taken to its logical conclusion , this suggests that to maximise work one would need to place high taxes on the poor and low taxes on the rich ! |
| 16 | Although Ceausescu had paid most of the country 's $11,000,000 million foreign debt during the 1980s , depriving the Romanians of food for the sake of export revenues , it was expected that Romania would need to raise foreign loans before the end of the year . |
| 17 | This does not suggest that schools would need to amass great quantities of pupils ' work for an audit . |
| 18 | Another issue raised was that Europe was not just a commercial union but a global power bloc which would need to consider external relations outside Europe . |
| 19 | If it were a risk , then the revenue would need to consider appropriate legislation . |
| 20 | A report to members of the borough council 's transport committee claims any trader selling refreshments at Chesnut Street would need to attract other clientele and extend opening hours . |
| 21 | It would need to find private land on which to meet and other hunts across the region may find themselves with similar problems . |
| 22 | I would need to discover new obsessions . ’ |
| 23 | They did , however have unrealised expectations about the number of clients for whom they would need to provide paid support workers even though they predicted that they would not find it necessary to provide such carers for ail clients . |
| 24 | This called into question the government 's chances of winning a two-thirds majority , which it would need to make constitutional changes , and which every government had achieved hitherto , except in the 1969 elections . |
| 25 | Realistically , though , you would need to have strong evidence that the existence of such a right is part of your particular deal with your employer , and that you have been denied satisfaction from your work in a clear and unjustifiable fashion , before you could pursue litigation with confidence . |
| 26 | To have BSL in school we would need to have native users as teachers , i.e. deaf people or teachers whose parents were deaf . |
| 27 | It was obvious that to base it on a villa one would need to have full access to the whole site and many more seasons — I imagined at least 15 . |
| 28 | and we would need to have national curriculum , name , date and so on which |
| 29 | A new classification would need to have unusual authority , to gain immediate and widespread acceptance , and to be assured of a steady and unshakeable future . |
| 30 | Unable to get these onto the screen for 18 months , and lacking the clout necessary to raise the additional money for the six extra films they would need to secure foreign distribution , Minerva went under . |