Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system would mostly operate a service of at least half-hourly frequency , but the Twotowns North line would incorporate the existing BR express service between Shrewsbury and Wellington with Metro stopping trains at the alternate half-hour . |
| 2 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 3 | It was already chaotically busy with officials and administrators knitting together the many responsibilities which would eventually make a successful tournament . |
| 4 | No ordinary man , he ; with a good education behind him , coupled with a strong religious fervour , he would eventually achieve a degree of fame by compiling a treatise on the botany of North America , called Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus . |
| 5 | This , plus a variety of photographs of him featuring a range of his involvements and achievements would eventually find a place in his portrait portfolio . |
| 6 | And although it was always the hope that the county would continue to fund the project , and that every secondary school would eventually receive a grant of one sort or another , uncertainty meant that no guarantee could be given to disappointed schools as to their inclusion in a subsequent wave . |
| 7 | Jenny Ball had , since May 1984 , taken responsibility for youth work in the community college — a position that she hoped would eventually become a part-time permanent post . |
| 8 | Addressing the seminar on Jan. 17 , the head of the arms control directorate of the Soviet armed forces general staff , Gen. Nikolai Chervov , predicted that the Warsaw Pact would eventually become a " purely political alliance " and that its supreme body , the Political Consultative Committee , would probably cease to exist . |
| 9 | If a motorist did enter , he would eventually get a bill . |
| 10 | The good general does not admit the possibility of defeat , and a doctor would rarely advise a patient that his tumour is probably cancerous until the possibility that it is benign has been ruled out . |
| 11 | This is highly price sensitive information from which a conglomerate could make a profit or avoid a loss , but it would rarely constitute a breach of the the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 . |
| 12 | Time after time , people would slowly open a drawer and give me something they knew perfectly well they 'd had all the time I 'd been visiting them and talking to them , but the moment was now right . |
| 13 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
| 14 | Given the choice , most of us would rather eat a choccy bar than a stick of celery , but good eating habits will pay dividends . |
| 15 | ‘ She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness . ’ |
| 16 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |
| 17 | It would rather mount a protest over student grants ( probably in the UK the most generous in the world per student ) than attempt to frame a Charter of the academic rights which should fall to every student . |
| 18 | ‘ I would rather forgo a very attractive acquisition if it would mean stretching the balance sheet . ’ |
| 19 | I would rather forgo a very attractive acquisition if it would mean stretching the balance sheet |
| 20 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 21 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 22 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 23 | But when the chips are down and he 's feeling blue , Charlie sees himself as ‘ The Maryhill Hermit ’ , a victim of his public image , and a man who would rather have a quiet night with the wife than a night out with the wild bunch . |
| 24 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 25 | However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family . |
| 26 | More than half would rather have a shorter summer break and more holidays at other times . |
| 27 | I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine but realized that if — no , when — John came back I would rather have a home all set up for him . |
| 28 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 29 | Well what I would what I would do erm I would rather have a commitment for a date to start when you go out of here and if you say if you 've got if you 've got something that comes up then fine . |
| 30 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |