Example sentences of "you would [verb] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along .
2 You would prefer to be back in your monastery ? ’
3 But you would have to be awfully sure that you were destined for the gallows to put to sea in a small boat during a storm .
4 As the outside and upper are also designed with weight rather than durability in mind , unless you are exceptionally light on your feet you would have to be either foolish or wealthy to train in a pair of racers .
5 You would have to be out of your mind not to , IMHO .
6 Although there is no speaker grille or cloth for protection , the cone does sit some six inches back from the front of the cab , so you would have to be very unlucky for anything to poke that far in through the narrow slot to do any damage .
7 You would have to be very sure of him and of yourself to know when he 's lying , and when he 's telling the truth .
8 If you would like to be more ambitious with your finish , try the methods described in the ‘ Encyclopaedia of Cottage , Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture ’ by J C Loudon , first published in 1833 : ‘ These chairs are painted but more frequently stained with dilute sulphuric acid and logwood ; or by repeatedly washing them over with alum water , which has some tartar in it ; they should afterwards be washed over several times with an extract of Brazil wood .
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