Example sentences of "would [verb] [pron] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) . |
| 2 | I would birch them like they do on the Isle of Man , and not give them time off for good behaviour . |
| 3 | Melville says she would prefer it if he said that they loved each other , and that subtle point is not lost on anyone . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr O'Neill , I really would prefer it if you did n't bother my father just now . |
| 5 | DEC accounts for half MasPar 's sales ( Kalb would prefer it if that fell to 33% ) , and the firm is concerned that if DEC fails to position the ostensibly competing parallel lines clearly , potential customers will be confused . |
| 6 | All also said they would prefer it if it came in a pot , rather than in the single-application , fiddly pea-sized plastic spheres . |
| 7 | If he does , I would prefer it if he were to emigrate . " |
| 8 | However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments . |
| 9 | She knew that Faye had issued the invitation to Tom as a deliberate part of her campaign to bring the two of them together , and somehow she had to summon the courage today … or soon … to tell her patient that it just was n't working , it was pointless , and she would prefer it if Faye gave up the idea . |
| 10 | I would prefer it if er we looked at the criteria and the policy itself , but take useful information from this if if need be . |
| 11 | ‘ No , Nina , ’ Rachel heard herself say , ‘ I would prefer it if you would show Dr Markham around , please . ’ |
| 12 | I would prefer it if you did and because I 'd be very pleased erm if she did . |
| 13 | I can not choose something as an end simply because a wiser man tells me I would want it if I understood myself better , because I can not choose ends at all by inferring from facts about my inclinations ; the choice of an end is nothing else but the spontaneous settling of inclination in one direction or other , and the honest or self-deceiving interpretation of its goal . |
| 14 | Yes , she had the fare , she would explain everything when they met . |
| 15 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 16 | If you would fancy me if I was one . ’ |
| 17 | No longer were we ‘ engagé volontaires ’ , who could be treated as nothings — we had proved ourselves to the instructors on our course , and henceforth they would treat us as legionnaires and expect us to behave as such . |
| 18 | She drank Guinness , smoked Gauloises and would eat anything as long as it was loaded with garlic … |
| 19 | If anyone offered me a chocolate when I was nursing , yes I would eat it cos I was always hungry . |
| 20 | But setting purity of pronunciation aside , could any child master any first language so well that native speakers would regard him as fully competent in matters lexical and grammatical ? |
| 21 | They would regard them as essential information necessary to plan their activities , to prepare operating budgets and to assist in pricing their products . |
| 22 | And we would regard them as arbitrary . |
| 23 | But in 1966 the Lord Chancellor , Lord Gardiner , with the concurrence of the Law Lords , announced that in future the House would regard itself as free to ‘ depart from a previous decision when it appears right to do so ’ . |
| 24 | Mr Maclean said the use of £2.3 million of taxpayers ' money in buying Orford Ness seemed a lot , but he was sure that future historians would regard it as money well spent . |
| 25 | For our part we would regard it as unassailable . |
| 26 | They would drink and then her jealousy , usually over his current leading lady whoever it might be , would come to the boil and Bogie would goad her until the bottles were whizzing past his head . |
| 27 | It seemed as if he would answer it before it rang and we 'd arrange to go out . ’ |
| 28 | If she hurried she would catch him as he finished six o'clock mass . |
| 29 | There would be lots of little children running around , and if any of them ran towards the cliff , he would catch them before they could fall . |
| 30 | He would need it when he made his escape . |