Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As the Conference 's actuary pointed out , few employers would gladly contemplate taxation to finance state provision , when , simultaneously , they were developing private pension schemes . |
| 32 | Some of my colleagues would gladly drive blindfold into a brick wall for this band , and while this collection hardly brings out the suicidal in me , I might be tempted to start coming along for the ride . |
| 33 | ‘ We would gladly accept family planning , ’ said women at a village meeting in Java , ‘ provided that it does n't interfere with our work , or do us any permanent harm , or be against our religion . |
| 34 | But however horrible the thought of lying sticky and crumpled , sleeping , or trying to , might be , the actual moment of departure is one I would gladly relive time and time again . |
| 35 | Competition would slowly replace planning . |
| 36 | Evil in Germany was so heinous , so unmistakable in the late 1930s , that all the world would assuredly join forces to wipe it out . |
| 37 | By mid-April German soldiers were complaining in letters home of the high casualties suffered by their ration parties ; ‘ many would rather endure hunger than make these dangerous expeditions for food ’ General von Zwehl whose corps was to stay at Verdun , without relief , during the whole ten months the battle lasted , speaks of a special ‘ kind of psychosis ’ that infected his men there . |
| 38 | As Arthur Ord-Hume has pointed out , organ makers would rather avoid fractions when laying out their calculations . |
| 39 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor last night blasted television 's ‘ saturation coverage ’ of football and claimed : ‘ I would rather watch Coronation Street . ’ |
| 40 | I 'd , I would rather watch Davie Cooper play football any day ! |
| 41 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer was a little more friendly since he ‘ would rather give money for Education than throw it down the sink with Sir William Beveridge ’ . |
| 42 | No , they would rather lick stones for salt than let that villain , that coward , that son-of-a-jackass and a sow get away with … . |
| 43 | Nick things that men who really love making love with women would rather grind flesh against flesh than fiddle about with straps and elastic . |
| 44 | I would rather abandon Eton , Winchester , Harrow and all the rest of them than sacrifice the advantage of the grammar school . ’ |
| 45 | Firstly , that if he could do so , he would rather bring joy than pain . |
| 46 | They would not really want to hand over responsibility to a board of trustees , but would rather retain rights their rights within the museum . |
| 47 | Many pupils who had left a schoolbook behind would rather risk punishment than walk through the dark room with the animals smiling as they watched you hunt for your things . |
| 48 | ‘ People generally would rather spend money on clothes because they feel they are noticed first . |
| 49 | Now I 'd often pushed my nose against the window and thought what a classy joint it looked but as someone who would rather spend £50 on a coat than a meal , the prices had come between us . |
| 50 | I love shopping for excellent ingredients and would rather spend time on this than anything else . |
| 51 | He could live here at Thrushcross Grange , which is a finer house than Wuthering Heights , but he would rather receive rent than live comfortably . |
| 52 | I would rather mend hedges & follow the plough , than write another . ’ |
| 53 | Naturally , VI would rather sell X-Designer than enhance rival products , but in the US where X-Designer has only been sold for the past year , rival products have a much stronger hold and the separation of the Graph Widgets enables a toehold into these accounts for the VI sales force . |
| 54 | I would rather taste ash on my tongue than blood in my mouth . |
| 55 | The more so this month , which by tradition brings exceptional offers for buyers who would rather save money by relieving dealers of unsold ‘ H ’ models than covert the snob value of driving the same model with a ‘ J ’ plate . |
| 56 | ‘ I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should , in a cowardly manner , become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour . ’ |
| 57 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 58 | And then there are those than whom I would rather have mice , and into this latter category fall the Molesworths . ’ |
| 59 | However , assuming the properties are significant assets , a full investigation of title is to be preferred to either reliance upon a certificate from the vendor 's solicitors that the vendor has a good and marketable title ( since certificates of title are qualified and their benefit depends upon the status of the firm of solicitors providing them ) or reliance upon warranties and indemnities alone since the purchaser would rather have problems disclosed before the purchase than have to rely upon a right to sue under warranties which will be subject to general limitations . |
| 60 | It means that the drug squad there can concentrate on harder drugs , and certainly I I pu , a recent interview with a a police inspector from Amsterdam said he would rather deal with , you know , he would rather have cannabis users than certainly alcohol , problems with alcohol . |