Example sentences of "would [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would rather a good shafting than the whip ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yet I would rather a resolution less wasteful . |
| 3 | Would rather a cat be out cos it wants to be out . |
| 4 | Would not a royal and priestly Messiah , both issuing simultaneously from the same family , have seemed an eloquent testimony of God 's favour ? |
| 5 | Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work ? |
| 6 | Would not a more reasonable decision have been to fix the subscription at the direct debit level but offer a discount of £5.00 for payment say within 14 days of the due date ? |
| 7 | Would not a moral lead to be to make sure that those people are paid while we come to a conclusion with the legislative committee about whether that piece of legislation was expedient ? |
| 8 | As the Minister does not deny that there are enough women from which to choose , would not a little concentration on that issue , and the provision of targets so that we can all see what is going on , be very welcome ? |
| 9 | Would not a policy of clobbering savers with an investment surcharge reduce savings and so reduce the pool of available investment capital for manufacturing industry ? |
| 10 | On 2 November 1836 , a year before the last part of Birds was published , Gould wrote to Jardine of his latest ambition : ‘ Would not a work on the Birds of Australia be interesting ? |
| 11 | And even if the ‘ caretaker ’ solution is still disliked , would not a strong argument in its favour be that the automatic selection of the ‘ caretaker ’ by virtue of his position preordained either by the stricken Prime Minister or ( in the case of a Labour government ) by his position as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party mean that that selection would keep the Queen above the party infighting , and overall would ensure that the royal prerogative of choice of a new Prime Minister in this context would have no part to play ? |
| 12 | I was hoping there would and I will still hope because there 's not for the political reas , I would hope that that the minister would not a U-turn , the Chancellor would do a U-turn on this one . |
| 13 | A glossary of technical terms and abbreviations would have been useful , as would also a general bibliography . |
| 14 | Surely in 1992 , would n't a sampler be a wiser purchase ? |
| 15 | I mean , would n't a nice tortoise be a more worthy beneficiary than the reptilian Jamie ? |
| 16 | ‘ Would n't a corpse be rather embarrassing for you ? ’ |
| 17 | But would n't a man of any sensitivity have attempted to check with her , would n't he have assumed that , without needing to be told ? |
| 18 | Apropos the previous item , would n't a book of Searle cartoons showing original as well as altered captions make a fascinating ( and amusing ) study of social change ? |
| 19 | Some hardware and software will transfer to Europe easily , whilst other products would n't a snowball 's chance etc , etc . |
| 20 | Would n't a normal bouquet , even a large one , have been enough ? |
| 21 | No , no , I mean I would n't a video to . |
| 22 | And given the general increase in mobility , would even a massive increase in investment in railways make much difference to road traffic ? |
| 23 | Would even a hidden master squander a whole planet simply to test one individual ? |
| 24 | DURING my time in Germany ( 1984-88 ) the British Ambassadors in Bonn and East Berlin would twice a year set off on an official tour , once in his territory and once in mine , to gather impressions about the relationship between the two parts of the divided German nation and how it might develop . |