Example sentences of "would want [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one would want to swap the full-length Blue Velvet , Raging Bull or Dead Ringers for the three-minute version . |
| 2 | Yet no one would want to describe the Third Reich as a democracy . |
| 3 | Several of the teachers used ‘ group building ’ activities to help children to feel good about one another and about themselves , so that they would want to enjoy the social benefits of working together , as well as the benefits of sharing ideas . |
| 4 | She knew that in spite of his words Felipe would want to inspect the adventurous horse closely , and she was n't going to hang about and burst into tears again . |
| 5 | No one , of course , would want to compare the first week of school term with the outbreak of a world war , but we are at the beginning of a New Year and a gateway to the future . |
| 6 | No amount of pouting by Marlene Dietrich or posturing by Robert Donat could reveal why anyone thought the audience would want to watch the dull account of the Russian Revolution offered in Knight Without Armour ( 1937 ) . |
| 7 | The simple truth is that if the British withdrew this country would become an economic wasteland and whether there is a Catholic voting majority at some point in the future or not there will not be a united Ireland as no one would want to pay the enormous costs involved . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ We would want to discourage the needless use of big gas guzzlers . |
| 9 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |