Example sentences of "would [vb infin] to [be] on " in BNC.

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1 The fastenings for the steel bits would need to be on the gun deck , and it was on the gun deck they had some of the electronic equipment they did not want the Chilean officers to see .
2 The the problem would appear to be on people like D K who are the main complainers , that unless it 's dead square , they 're complaining about it .
3 Well unfortunately we were scheduled to have a meeting erm something like ten days ago and then two or three of the key people had to drop out so I cancelled the meeting because obviously we want the people there who were going to actually get the thing up and running so that we can formulate a first public meeting and I would like erm , you know , now , to establish a working party but again a number of the people who one would expect to be on it are not here and it 's slightly awkward .
4 Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration .
5 In other words workers would like to be on the L s curve and employers would like to be on the L d curve but , following the decline in aggregate demand , neither workers nor employers are capable of achieving these objectives .
6 In other words workers would like to be on the L s curve and employers would like to be on the L d curve but , following the decline in aggregate demand , neither workers nor employers are capable of achieving these objectives .
7 With Ferranti needing to raise a minimum of £150m in new equity , the issue would have to be on the basis of one for two .
8 If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect .
9 This meant , for example , that no smoking would be allowed and the use of the blue drawing room would have to be on an occasional basis .
10 But if we did meet it would have to be on my terms .
11 Chris said it was obvious you would have to be on the right side .
12 Desire instead would have to be on the very ‘ surface ’ of a now largely de-differentiated psychic apparatus .
13 If she went anywhere it would have to be on her own two feet .
14 With little enthusiasm for the day , Fabia got out of bed and , mulling over her problems and the fact that anywhere she went from now on would have to be on foot , she pattered to the bathroom to take a shower .
15 It would seem to be on a par with the famous ‘ Let them eat cake ’ attributed to Marie Antoinette .
16 At the moment , the odds would seem to be on Rick but …
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