Now, KPMG wants to reinforce its strengths in the minds of would-be clients.

Hurrying back to the office he found the would-be client gone and his boss apoplectic.

The push in Europe is being greeted with some skepticism from rivals and would-be corporate clients.

When they walked along the streets, they left a trail of 'come-ons' that would-be clients could follow.

And a lot have had to close their lists because they have so many would-be clients.

Sometimes these jobs were so suicidal that it was necessary to explain to the would-be client that he must find another way out of his difficulties.

One, he was so damned angry that a would-be client had the gall to try to hire him to use him-and me- in a setup.

Among his debtors is Claridge's, the hotel where he liked to impress his would-be clients.

But the description of the elderly would-be client did not tally with that of anyone Wen Chang was able to recognize.