Example sentences of "would have preferred a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , the Sylvie of old would have preferred a noisy wake , frenetic dancing , a bacchic rite . |
| 2 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 3 | More than half of our first intake acknowledged that they would have preferred a traditional course , having the study of literature as its principal component . |
| 4 | In the Liberal cabinet the majority was against allowing the PLA and Lord Devonport to be coerced by the Transport Workers Federation into a settlement ; Lloyd George and Haldane would have preferred a minimum wage for all dock workers and disliked Devonport 's intransigence , but were outvoted . |
| 5 | Fewer would have preferred a permanent job ( 29 per cent ) . |
| 6 | We would have preferred a six-month trial period and controls to prevent abuses . ’ |
| 7 | He would have preferred a spinning wheel for her to sit at , but one had to move forward with the times . |