Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a way the democratic ideal would be preserved ; at no time would the government be rudderless , and the Queen would remain isolated from party politics . |
| 2 | Until Charles Swift 's successor was offically named , the shares would remain hovering in uncertainty , ready to plummet . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Research has shown that 70 per cent of us would prefer to die at home and only 30 per cent of us do . |
| 4 | And one from Scotland represents the philanthropists ' view : ‘ We would prefer to depart in plain , ‘ off the rack ’ , coffins and so allow the savings to be devoted to charity . |
| 5 | These are the sort of boots I would prefer to use for autumn and winter walking when a tough and study boot is required . |
| 6 | The probability is , that given equal weather , other conditions , and price , the average British holidaymaker would prefer to holiday at home : What we would have to do is extend that appeal to people abroad , by service , value and the many unique features which Britain had on offer . |
| 7 | You were asked recently to vote on the forms of action you would prefer to take in support of the shop 's position on the reduction of pay differentials . |
| 8 | Mr Young said he has had to sell stock he would prefer to keep in order to take advantage of new opportunities . |
| 9 | It is possible that juries would prefer to convict of murder in such cases so as to register their abhorrence of the defendant 's activities in general . |
| 10 | Apart from anything else , if prisons were places where criminals had to work , fewer of them would want to go to prison . |
| 11 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 12 | The first point that one would want to make in criticism of the gens theory is that , even if descent groups such as the Iroquois gens appear as undifferentiated communities from the point of view of an outsider , this is not so from the point of view of the member of a gens . |
| 13 | The group company may then receive the benefit of any allowable loss in respect of the liability , which the warrantors would want taken into account in calculating their liability . |
| 14 | It was n't going to leave until half past three , four o'clock , he would 've arrived at fishing at half past five , he 's gon na be late , unless he does very well very quickly , then he wo n't be late . |
| 15 | ‘ His aunt would 've died of shock if she 'd thought there was anything going on . |
| 16 | I think everyone would 've come into contact with it and I think it was just up to your own individual self really whether you took it or not . |
| 17 | Willy used to come from school and she used to come up me mum 's house with a , so could have a suck of the tit he would 've come from school and you 'd expect him the night at me mam 's house |
| 18 | If any Sunderland-attenders are n't going to go and would consider purchasing on behalf ( of one or more ) of us , please get in touch . |
| 19 | Clearly , we would need to allow for interest on any amounts borrowed to finance the development . |
| 20 | The drawback , and the reason for the AS/400 H-series development continuing in parallel is that OS/400 users would need to go beyond recompilation and undertake some degree of conversion to run their applications on the new processor . |
| 21 | The drawback , and the reason for the AS/400 H-series development continuing in parallel is that OS/400 users would need to go beyond recompilation and undertake some degree of conversion to run their applications on the new processor . |
| 22 | the state of the premium trust funds , these are the sorts of consideration one would need to take into account , er a no doubt they would , they 'd need to be argued fully at a , at a later stage , but the only question here is , if your Lordship refers and there 's going to be some delay , well , erm , I was trying to think of an analogous case er and the case which went to the European court at the beginning of last year had consequences which were potentially far more profound than this case is , it was the Case concerned the application of equal pay principles to pensions |
| 23 | We chose two nice pieces of bogwood for decor at this stage , as they would need soaking before use . |
| 24 | Pupils would need to continue with maths , physics , chemistry and biology in sixth forms to keep all science options open to 18+ . |
| 25 | An office was at present out of the question ; she would need to work from home , relying on the phone . |
| 26 | It is a perfectly valid question , and we can at least write down what we would need to know in order to calculate the answer . |
| 27 | Maybe one of her children would need to stay in hospital for weeks — could she cope ? |
| 28 | And it was a good thing Yeo Davis existed ; McLeish himself had often been quietly riled by the intellectual scorn which Francesca and her colleagues would bring to bear on criticism of some of their more sweeping policies . |
| 29 | Undoubtedly , left to themselves some manufacturers would feel bound to institute corrective measures in the processes , or pay compensation , but many would not . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , he was a man of great wealth but at night he would awake screaming about foul , bloody murder , his body coated in sweat . |