Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such desires are easily understood and expressed as conscious wishes-'I 'd really like to be closer to my sister' . |
| 2 | Good , cos I 'd quite like to be off for |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd never want to be as big a girl as Benny Hogan . |
| 4 | However inversion would not appear to be particularly appropriate given the actual data involved in this case . |
| 5 | While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without . |
| 6 | It does stress , however , that " existing equipment would not have to be instantly scrapped and replaced by untested prototypes . |
| 7 | The advantage in using the loop is that the message would not have to be completely understood . |
| 8 | Ironically , a Labour government would not have to be so generous as the Tories . |
| 9 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 10 | Bringing a force north-west from the French colony on the St. Lawrence to attack them would be very difficult but , if a force could be brought at all , it would not have to be very large to capture all the bases . |
| 11 | You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else . |
| 12 | The statement need only be oral and would not need to be expressly repeated in the sale agreement . |
| 13 | Indeed the general levels of performance in road sign recall tasks appear to be extremely poor , even in tasks which would superficially appear to be relatively easy . |
| 14 | We could on this basis begin to question the lives of many people which we would subjectively consider to be less fulfilling than our own . |
| 15 | A 24″ tank is extremely small for marines and would usually prove to be very unstable indeed . |
| 16 | This would still seem to be so if most , though not all , the terms are standard — if , say , there are minor variations from one buyer to another ( e.g. as to the commodity or the quantity bought or the price to be paid ) . |
| 17 | The Pembroke lot comprising 766 items would probably prove to be very useful to owners of the ex-60 Squadron machines , despite the parts having no paperwork available . |
| 18 | It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . |
| 19 | The carrier of the weak force would also have to be electrically charged , for a neutron to decay into a proton , for example . |
| 20 | But then I do n't like blood so I would n't want to be either a cook or a surgeon . |
| 21 | I would n't want to be either of those women . |
| 22 | Er , because clearly there are some points you would n't want to be too specific about . |
| 23 | Cor blimey I would n't want to be there ! |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't want to be anywhere else , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Well it 's about right , well it certainly would n't want to be much later . |
| 26 | It would n't do to be up and about too early , would it ? |
| 27 | Then Lissa would n't need to be around so much , would she ? ’ |
| 28 | I would n't like to be here tomorrow Kyle . |
| 29 | ‘ And I would n't like to be around when it happens . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The water is rising all the time and I would n't like to be around when it does overflow . |