Example sentences of "[art] desire to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So where does the desire to be up and doing come from ? |
| 2 | The desire to be sixteen forever has caused the sound of being sixteen — noisy guitar primitivism with no added knobs or frills — to become fetishized , petrified . |
| 3 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 4 | The desire to be alone with nature , which Karajan 's elder brother took to the point of eccentricity , was there in Karajan too ; an impulse , at once delighted and dispassionate , to slough off mundane things . |
| 5 | The interesting fact was that Lugard united in his person , in an exceptionally dramatic and compulsive fashion , the two opposing but eternally co-existing currents of British imperial thought : the desire to be powerful , and the desire to be good . |
| 6 | The interesting fact was that Lugard united in his person , in an exceptionally dramatic and compulsive fashion , the two opposing but eternally co-existing currents of British imperial thought : the desire to be powerful , and the desire to be good . |
| 7 | It was a term which indicated the desire to be firm or to hold firm ( āgraha ) to Truth ( Satya ) or Reality ( Sat ) . |
| 8 | The desire to be Miles Hunt soon led to the Levellers . |
| 9 | We explored various explanations of the present situation — such as Schumpeter 's analysis , the growth of government and the role of technology as an autonomous and primary force — and concluded that the root of the problem lay in the basic tension within humanism — the prevailing philosophy today in the Western world — namely the conflict between the desire to control and the desire to be free . |
| 10 | We explored various explanations of the present situation — such as Schumpeter 's analysis , the growth of government and the role of technology as an autonomous and primary force — and concluded that the root of the problem lay in a basic tension within humanism ( the prevailing philosophy today in the Western world ) namely between the desire to control and the desire to be free . |
| 11 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |
| 12 | The felt need to get the cleaning done conflicts with the desire to be sociable ; one can iron , or perhaps cook , while talking to a friend or neighbour , but one can not wield a vacuum cleaner and carry on a conversation at the same time . |
| 13 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 14 | At around two years , there is another driving force pushing her towards independence : the desire to be like everyone else . |
| 15 | McAllister no longer knew herself , nor Dr Neil either ; if he demanded fulfilment , so did she ; the desire to be one , not two , had overcome them both . |
| 16 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 17 | Here , particularly in the destruction of manorial court rolls , which provided a record of the obligations owed to the lords of the manors , one sees the desire to be free of the legal burdens which were laid on peasant tenants . |
| 18 | One could never tell , with these town-dwelling millionaires who were smitten with the desire to be landed gentry . |
| 19 | Even as she prayed for deliverance , her body shook with the desire to be one with him . |
| 20 | Recounting the history of Bilmarsh farm , Gough observed : ‘ Nathaniell Reve had a desire to been tenant of this farme , because his grandfather and father had been tenants to it before ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ When we had ascended a little more than half-way , I was much afraid we should have been doomed to return , on account of the masses of rock , over which we had to climb , beginning to increase in size ; we knew , however , that a descent would have been attended with infinite danger , and being urged on partly by eagerness in our pursuit , but more from a desire to be at the top , we determined to brave every difficulty . |
| 22 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
| 23 | In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm . |
| 24 | Four out of ten wives felt that attending the course would help them assist their husbands , indicating that : ( a ) they saw a need to help their husbands , and ( b ) they most probably felt a desire to be more helpful on the farm . |
| 25 | There was a fondness for the strict classical style , as seen in Moscow Kiev Station , affirming a desire to be recognized as a fully-fledged European power . |
| 26 | In ‘ Suggestions for Helpers ’ , Birmingham care workers were advised to make parents feel that their visit was the result of a desire to be ‘ really helpful and friendly ’ . |
| 27 | MATURITY IS : The understanding that if love is not viewed more as a commitment to be entered into than a desire to be fulfilled , neither will happen . |
| 28 | Taken in a more generous light , there may be a concern here not to throw out hundreds of years of wisdom and depth in a desire to be trendy . |
| 29 | Most of the new churches will have a desire to be involved in their community . |
| 30 | Ronnie Hodgins , senior lecturer in charge of knitwear at the college , says ‘ This course offers a unique experience to people of any age who have a desire to be creative . |