Example sentences of "would [verb] have [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Rather than seeing total disagreement , I would prefer to have a good compromise , ’ he said .
2 He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’
3 ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’
4 I would prefer to have a concrete base , sides and back to these tanks , but wonder how to seal the front viewing glass . , .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Twice as many women would prefer to have a baby girl than a baby boy
7 One in eight said they would prefer to have the instalments collected individually .
8 That 's right but I think j I think just the fact that you 're doing psychology and then psychology again in a way I think that 's the pr I agree with you , what you 're really saying is , I mean how many people would object , or how many people would prefer to have the straight two hours rather than the two single hours ?
9 The Cambodians felt they would prefer to have an exhibition in Australia first , therefore we had to bring the date of the exhibition forward ’ .
10 She says I think one of the worst or strangest is errif which is a two year old canary — why anyone would want to have a word for that I do n't know .
11 Well certainly I mean , one would want to have a substantial majority in favour of a call to issue it .
12 It seems most odd that a genteel seventy-year-old spinster , or her executors , would want to have the body embalmed by a newly hatched 29-year-old surgeon .
13 ‘ Well if I married you I would want to have the name Signe Laine-Dempsey . ’
14 ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally .
15 ‘ Alex Bannen would 've had a screaming fit if we 'd left you to mess up his precious Bridge ; God alone knows what Tiw would 've done . ’
16 But almost half would consider having an affair .
17 You would need to have a sound grasp of English history before you began ; and you would need , at every point , to relate your study of the literature of any given period to the state and development of the language .
18 To appreciate that , you would need to have a rabbit 's mind structure , as well as his eyes .
19 ‘ But a body would need to have a car for that kind of caper .
20 Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain .
21 ‘ To play this game fairly , ’ I said , ‘ you would need to have a hand that was bigger than your mouth . ’
22 I think the point , I think the point we 're making is that none of the districts yesterday told us that to meet their figure in H one they would need to have a new settlement , for example , I well remember Selby saying to us if we go above our H one figure we would need a new settlement , but they did not say to meet our H one figure we would need a new settlement .
23 Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue .
24 Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal .
25 The classroom development suggested in this paper assumes that to reach such a stage the finished unit would need to have the following .
26 If the union struggle was to have any success it would need to have the complementary support of a political party , but as the ‘ parties ’ were preoccupied with the fight for short term gain and not permanent principles , they failed to capitalise on the situation .
27 Answer guide : In order to protect their current interests they would need to have an equal number of ordinary shares .
28 As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall .
29 After the meeting Coun Wilson said he would seek to have the issue raised in the House of Commons .
30 Typically , his history takes the form of establishing a concept of something that chronological history would assume had no history , for example , madness , or sexuality .
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