Example sentences of "would [adv] have the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is quite normal to pay out bonus tickets in December which costs us over £30,000 but the committee felt members would rather have the benefit over 52 weeks so the bonus system was abandoned to cover the cost . ’
2 There are some folk who will talk about the the baptism of the spirit , and the gifts of the spirit , and say , oh well , well they 're all very well and good but I would rather have the fruit of the spirit .
3 ‘ I would rather have the problems we 've got and still be in the European Cup than be without them and a place in the Champions League as well , ’ said the manager .
4 ‘ You would rather have the Conservatives in power ? ’
5 They said they would rather have the cash .
6 If the British proportion were increased in the 1990s then this would only have the effect of bringing Britain into line with her industrial competitors and , presumably , investing for the future .
7 It is , therefore , unreasonable to expect that first-line or even middle management would necessarily have the perspective or information needed to deal effectively with all ideas that are brought to their attention ( second communication gap ) .
8 And then it would er at that time you would just have the tank workers and the quarry workers .
9 Spectators would thus have the interest of professionals playing with well-known personalities on the formula made so popular by Peter Alliss 's programmes , followed by the drama of a full-blooded professional shoot-out .
10 It is difficult to imagine where in New York , for all its money and tradition , one would ever have the opportunity to see , for example , the Robert Wilson Parsifal , to be able to make up one 's own mind about it .
11 Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out .
12 Er I do n't think one would ever have the stomach to go through all the detail .
13 You would still have the problem of needing a large gamma ray detector to observe several gamma ray quanta from the explosion .
14 Retiring partners would still have the difficulty of disposing of their shares on retirement and putting themselves within the scope of retirement relief .
15 This weapon was not as significant as it seemed : a two-thirds majority was needed for the vote to succeed ; the EC budget , despite the costs of the CAP , only amounted to one per cent of the Community 's GDP ; and , if the budget was rejected , the Commission would still have the right to spend money on a month-by-month basis .
16 ‘ I hurt it , ’ she said , realising his wife would probably have the tale already .
17 The Girls were lucky if they had booked digs , otherwise a visit to the stage door-keeper was made and he would probably have the list .
18 But also they would probably have the men working harder than before & they may be more popular .
19 She would probably have the right to do so in the court in Germany which would have jurisdiction in relation to the place where the events happened , assuming that German law recognises the ground of action contemplated .
20 Immediately after the service my aunt would dash to work at Nelson House , one of the Godolphin School Boarding Houses , whilst my mother and sisters came home to breakfast , already prepared by Dad , and in winter time he would also have the kitchen fire blazing away .
21 It would also have the advantage of linking into the proposed L.R.T. system at the Ice Bowl , and could , therefore , serve the dual purpose as a tourist facility , and a peak-time commuter line for the people of Comber .
22 A modular structure would also have the advantage of helping to avoid too rarefied an approach .
23 Given the own price elasticities adopted by the Treasury , such an outcome would also have the advantage of meeting revenue targets , while reducing the existing excise duty differentials .
24 Nursery nurses would also have the chance to continue training and eventually become teachers if they wished , said Miss Armstrong .
25 Such a drill could be something like this : The verbs that are being substituted would also have the affixes -mom ( sentence type 1 ) , p- and -an ( sentence type 2 , and p- and -on ( sentence type 3 ) .
26 Unfortunately however , such a policy would also have the effect of increasing the already excessive prison population by an enormous extent .
27 This would also have the effect of gradually restoring house prices to a local market level , but without financial loss to existing owners .
28 It is worth noting that if the Sun were an oblate spheroid ( squashed at its poles ) , this would also have the effect of causing the orbit of Mercury to precess .
29 contribution rule , which the Government insist on retaining until 1 April 1993 ; but our new clause 17 would also have the effect of abolishing , as from 1 April 1992 , this 20 per cent .
30 The editor would also have the authority to make decisions when Pilger was away on one of his frequent trips abroad , within guidelines which Pilger would lay down .
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