Example sentences of "[noun] want [prep] [be] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want our system , just as surely as France and Germany want to be free to enjoy their systems . |
| 2 | Many people and firms want to borrow money for long periods of time , and yet many depositors want to be able to withdraw their deposits on demand or at short notice . |
| 3 | ‘ Drivers want to be able to put the same smart card in a holder ( or a different card in the same holder ) whether driving in the Netherlands or on a French autoroute , ’ says Ian Catling , a member of an EC group which is ensuring that electronic Babel is avoided on the roads . |
| 4 | The industry wanted to be able to use the funds that it had generated to invest in youth training . |
| 5 | It is their secret knowledge that the child wants to be able to share . |
| 6 | If that motivation appears to be weak or there is marked ambivalence , it is worth reflecting upon what the old person wants to be able to do ! |
| 7 | People want to be able to take it away and study it . |
| 8 | People want to be able to borrow for their homes or businesses in a currency where the interest rate is not exorbitant . |
| 9 | It is a truism that every woman wants to be able to choose how many children she has . |
| 10 | Then , as now , most people wanted to be able to experience the constancy and trust that comes only with faithfulness in a relationship . |
| 11 | Nearly all GPs wanted to be able to take violent patients off lists immediately . |
| 12 | PRIVACY Phoney tapping The FBI wants to be able to hear all telephone calls . |
| 13 | The US wanted to be able to remove that screen with a fanfare to reveal a machine that was producing fusion energy . |
| 14 | The USA had also resisted including the " most favoured nation " principle for services on a global basis , which would require that countries treated all trading partners alike ; the USA wanted to be free to discriminate in favour of countries which opened their markets to US services [ see also pp. 37228-29 ] . |
| 15 | John wanted to be in bed so that the night would be over quickly and he could move off the next morning ; Mr Stephens had a neighbour who would lend them a handcart and John wanted to be able to push the furniture the eight miles uphill to Crossbridge , settle it , and return the handcart the same day . |