Example sentences of "[vb mod] like [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moderator I should like to move that a full stop be placed after the word commentary and that the remainder of the words in the deliverance be deleted . |
| 2 | I should like to argue in what follows that Walter Benjamin , probably critical theory 's foremost sociologist of culture , is not in any simplistic sense a ‘ modernist ’ , but that instead his analyses have important connections with the aesthetics , ethics , and politics of postmodernism . |
| 3 | But in conclusion I should like to emphasise that Christianity places emphasis not only on structures but also on personal obedience . |
| 4 | I should like to emphasise that the police national computer is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984 . |
| 5 | In supporting the order — one could scarcely do otherwise — I should like to stress that the way forward does not lie merely in improvements in teachers ' pay , necessary though they are . |
| 6 | However , on behalf of many of my constituents — I am sure that this is true for many other people around the country — I should like to stress that , although none of us thought in 1979 that we would be discussing this situation today , as a result of it many of our constituents have received a quality of life far superior to that which they might otherwise have had . |
| 7 | I have tried to emphasize the positive in this book , and in that spirit I should like to repeat that the longer term counter to fighting , jealousy and acquisitiveness is to train the child , patiently and repetitively , to share , to wait patiently , to see that pulling hair hurts , to co-operate — in other words to be socially sensitive . |
| 8 | However , I should like to repeat that sanctions do exist . |
| 9 | ‘ By the way , landlord , my friend and I should like to hire a room here tomorrow evening , for about an hour , from seven-thirty . |
| 10 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 11 | The Plowden Report on Control of Public Expenditure contained , amongst other nuggets of wisdom , the following sentence which I should like to take as my starting-point : ‘ The social changes of the last fifteen years have altered the incidence of hardship , so that there now may well be excessive social services for some purposes and inadequate ones for others . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you would wish to know , sir , that Her Ladyship is making good progress and I should like to take her further afield to tackle typical hunting country , so that she may get plenty of practice before she actually attends a meet . ’ |
| 13 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of our shareholders who have clearly recognized Palatine 's potential and have remained unimpressed by the attempted takeover . |
| 14 | And F/O Johnson says : ‘ If she flies again I should like to take her . ’ |
| 15 | Dear G. E. Rald , We should like to take this opportunity to inform you that on 12th March this year you were seen entering empty handed into the private premises of Ms P. C. Edwards of Convent St. , Folkestone and leaving shortly afterwards with your hands full . |
| 16 | ‘ If you do n't mind we should like to take another look at the upstairs rooms . ’ |
| 17 | I should like to take part in the epic-reading planned for 26 May if you have some passages available . |
| 18 | I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA . |
| 19 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the employees of Johnson Matthey for the skilled and dedicated service that resulted in this year 's record performance |
| 20 | Following my recent conversation with Mr Dever I confirm that Nether Wyresdale Parish Council should like to take advantage of this service during the financial year 1992/93 . |
| 21 | I should like to deal briefly with the most important of these . |
| 22 | I should like to lie down . ’ |
| 23 | We do not have a closed mind , but we should like to rationalise our training areas , enlarging some that we already have and disposing of smaller ones . |
| 24 | The Hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) who is just out for a moment , made a particular point to which I should like to respond . |
| 25 | Briefly , I should like to respond to the Secretary of State and to express my thanks to my hon. Friends who have contributed positively to improving the Bill . |
| 26 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 27 | We should like to call the attention of your readers , if we may , to the Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea in the Book of Common Prayer — still the standard authorised prayer book for the Church of England , which include prayers before or during a storm and thanksgiving for safety and deliverance , as well as the very beautiful collect which begins ‘ Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ’ , in which the word ‘ prevent ’ is used in its original sense of ‘ go before us ’ . |
| 28 | SIR , — We should like to compare the ‘ classical ’ view on the course of events leading to gram-negative sepsis , organ failure , and death with that proposed by Dr Hurley ( May 1 , p 1133 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I should like to go to Africa , ’ said Rosalba drowsily . |
| 30 | ‘ I should like to go and look at the sea . ’ |