Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [vb infin] preferred " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we do know from Allen 's recent survey of part time working in general practice is that many women working in general practice would have preferred hospital practice , particularly paediatrics , obstetrics and gynaecology , and general medicine , if they could have trained in these specialties part time . |
| 2 | Marigold would have preferred Highgate , he knew , but in spite of the therapy and the control he shied away from Highgate . |
| 3 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |
| 4 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 5 | For various reasons the king would have preferred to keep his hands free , but as soon as he realized that Anselm would not move from his position and might leave the country , he decided to recognize Urban II . |
| 6 | It is true that a substantial body of opinion in various parts of the world would have preferred to see whether relying on sanctions for longer would have brought about Iraq 's withdrawal . |
| 7 | Jocelyn on the other hand would have preferred a few irregularities in life and so was leaving to live in a battered wives hostel . |
| 8 | Only two North Yorkshire clubs found grounds playable on Saturday and both no doubt would have preferred to watch England live on television after their matches ended in defeat . |
| 9 | One felt the full house would have preferred him a few thousand miles away this winter , rather than on the cabaret circuit . |
| 10 | Most travellers with their wits about them and an eye for aesthetics would have preferred to rest at the Bates Motel . |
| 11 | With hindsight , the left would have preferred Healey to Kinnock as leader : like all old-style right-wingers , Healey would have known how to accommodate himself to the left ; whereas Kinnock felt obliged to root it out of the party . |
| 12 | 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 . |