Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] a good " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Rather than seeing total disagreement , I would prefer to have a good compromise , ’ he said .
2 I would 've picked a good one . ’
3 Therefore XY Ltd would appear to have a good title to the goods one way or another .
4 If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success .
5 ‘ I WOULD like to see a good sports journalist reporting on the House of Commons ’ — Kate Hoey , Labour MP and Arsenal supporter .
6 A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending .
7 If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’
8 He would have liked a good cigar . ’
9 Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed .
10 Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots .
11 Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it .
12 I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun .
13 No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on .
14 This village blacksmith was not a ‘ mighty man ’ at all ; in fact , he was much smaller than Micky , his twelve-year-old son , who would have made a good model for the Fat Boy in the Pickwick Papers .
15 He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure .
16 He would have made a good bad Roman Emperor .
17 A FINE AIRCRAFT , which would have made a good strategic bomber .
18 She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung .
19 Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 .
20 He himself could always eat ; he would have made a good soldier .
21 ‘ Do you think you would have made a good Empress ? ’
22 He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist .
23 No , neither did I. Would have made a good headline , would n't it …
24 She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher .
25 Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ?
26 If the title to the land had not been registered , the title of the daughter would , at worst , have been voidable , not void ; and under general principles of equity , mortgagees from the daughter in good faith and for value , without notice of the facts giving rise to the voidability , would have acquired a good title to their mortgages .
27 Any member of stab who went into the Biology Lab before her would have needed a good excuse to explain his presence there , unless , of course , he was a member of the Biology Department .
28 I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside .
29 However , there are no easy solutions to the problems of an area such as the Highlands within the constraints of the existing national economic structure , and there is no certainty that small-scale industries would have provided a better base for employment growth .
30 After an abortive attempt to merge with Standard Chartered , whose international network and weak UK base would have provided a good fit , the Midland started
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