Example sentences of "they [modal v] like to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some chairmen of select committees were critical of some aspects of their coverage , mainly because they would like to be covered even more , but most chairmen expressed their satisfaction with the way in which the work of select committees had been portrayed on television during the experiment . |
| 2 | Feminist Book Fortnight 1991 would like to inform readers that the FBF list of authors who have indicated that they would like to be involved can be obtained asap from the telephone number below . |
| 3 | A classic example of this is the need some elderly people have to talk about death — often their own death in particular , even to the point of wanting to discuss very freely the kind of arrangements they would like to be made for their funeral : how it should be conducted , what hymns should be chosen , and who should be invited to it and to the family gathering afterwards . |
| 4 | Leading journalists covering the particular sport were invited to attend the lunch and to give their views on how the sponsorship could best benefit the sport and on how they would like to be kept in the picture . |
| 5 | the right one that they would like to be picked . |
| 6 | The Directory will only list and be sent to those who have indicated — either on this year 's or last year 's questionnaire — that they would like to be included . |
| 7 | They would like to be feeling more cheerful , enthusiastic and powerful , but do n't know how . |