Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [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 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 3 | ‘ As a retailer , naturally I would prefer to see added value rather than price cutting , ’ she adds . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As to what particular countries , in what particular circumstances , I would prefer to let that sleep . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 8 | On the whole I would prefer to have that Lanston Monotype 's Cochin than Matthews , but when you get up to , I mean , you have to do that cochin black that 's fantastic in display sizes . |
| 9 | ‘ Yet we would prefer to meet those teams than our rivals in the final run-in . |
| 10 | said that they would prefer to work full time . |
| 11 | So I would endeavour to push these thoughts away . |
| 12 | It was to be a French conversation lesson in which the girls would endeavour to answer all Mademoiselle 's simple questions in French . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And I think that you have to look much more carefully at what I would want to call positive discrimination . |
| 15 | No sane person would want to kill this baby when there is every chance that it will survive and be part of a loving family . |
| 16 | Thirdly , it seems that both groups of critics would want to see greater support given to natural families , in general , to help them to care for their children more effectively and to prevent the need for substitute care arising . |
| 17 | Even a detractor of Caro would want to own this book just for the photography . |
| 18 | Constable Coupland is the type of fellow you would want handling these matters . |
| 19 | ( 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 ’ . ) |
| 20 | ‘ Some of the newspapers say so , ’ replied Lord Henry , ‘ but who would want to murder poor Basil ? |
| 21 | Despite this , however , I would want to resist any notion that culture has a primacy here , and it 's worth recording , I think , the unfortunate trend , especially in the United States , to a textual feminism , in which social and historical issues are increasingly obscured . |
| 22 | It fails to put forward any options for accept for erm , equal rights , for disability or race , and we think this is an omission , and if it were your intention to write a response , we would want to include that point in the response we make . |
| 23 | Jean-Claude had warned me that Otto would want to spend some time at the gastronomic festival being held in Romorantin . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ If we move to London , become bigger , when we come back we would want to play this place but there 's the danger that the manager is not going to pay us more than a hundred quid because we only draw a certain crowd … |
| 26 | To tell them Goering was coming — well Halifax , or Cadogan , or Vansittart , anyone would want to hear that news . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It seems to go against common-sense notions that individuals would want to hide any misdemeanours or crimes . |
| 29 | Erm right so looking at the details of those , right what we 've , what we 're actually saying then is that if erm you , you would want to provide that income or want to make sure that that , that income was available should you die tomorrow ? |
| 30 | ‘ The kiosk would 've done good business today , ’ thought Marie . |