Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The costs involved would be between £3,000-£6,000 and that would cover relaying the surface , repairing the fencing and the refurbishment of the pavilion .
2 The costs involved would be between £3,000–£6,000 and that would cover relaying the surface , repairing the fencing and the refurbishment of the pavilion .
3 However , he also suggested he would prefer to restrict the use of the concept of ‘ liminality ’ to those ritual periods in small-scale societies which all must pass through , and use the term ‘ liminoid ’ for those anti-structural periods personified by the ‘ counter-culture ’ of the 1960s ( 1978 : 287 ) .
4 Many would prefer to risk a pregnancy than put up with the side-effects of ‘ efficient ’ contraception .
5 ‘ Charles has at times given the impression that he would prefer to renounce the throne in favour of his son .
6 I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat .
7 He would prefer to see the work completed more quickly , otherwise whoever was responsible for operating services after privatisation ‘ is going to be running over a building site 400 miles long ’ for up to a decade .
8 The ROA would prefer to see the money used to increase prize money in the lower races , but when money is reallocated in that manner it has a way of disappearing .
9 It would prefer to see the income from the rental stream plus trading activities kept separate from the results of disposals of investment properties .
10 Joe Shea , a Hollywood community activist who had criticised the Palladium 's security record , said he would prefer to see the landmark remain open .
11 Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ?
12 Dr Caroline Jackson , MEP , said that the European Parliament would prefer to see an environment agency as opposed to the ‘ network ’ suggested by the DoE .
13 Ideally , the purchaser would prefer to leave the risk of bad debts with the vendor , after all , the vendor is the person best able to assess the position .
14 Ideally the purchaser would prefer to leave the risk of creditors with the vendor .
15 Eisenhower commented in June that the British were so incensed by this question that he felt they would prefer to lose the oil , even to the USSR , rather than admit defeat .
16 But those who would prefer to explain the book as a comedy of manners , or as current affairs , might have difficulty in explaining the prominence given to the love affair .
17 The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Those who would prefer to use a bank amounted to 22 per cent .
21 I would prefer to use the gallery 's permanent collection in new and innovative ways ’ , one curator believes , ‘ He 's just saying the politically correct thing there .
22 I would prefer to retain the term to refer to the normal language behaviour of the user in pursuit of a communicative outcome rather than the language-like behaviour of the learner .
23 I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English .
24 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 . ’
25 If I were a fox I would prefer to take the chance of a twenty second chop by hounds .
26 On occasion you may begin to open a file and find that you would prefer to rename the file or delete it .
27 Indeed I had also hoped that we might pick up some extra coach passengers , who , strange as it might seem , would prefer to forgo the train ride altogether and just go to the eisteddfod .
28 There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day .
29 The look Vitor shot her said he would prefer to discuss the matter in private .
30 ‘ 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 .
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