Example sentences of "they want to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bush 's men are trying to establish the administration 's authority : they want to be able to decide freely where the money goes and in what form ; and they want to be allowed to shift it at will from one country , and one programme , to another . |
| 2 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 3 | They want to be able to discuss and collaborate , and to feel part of a team . |
| 4 | They want to be able to do more than one thing with their lives — and they 're rather good at it . |
| 5 | Erm it , it would depend I suppose erm well the N F people they want to be able to change things you see . |
| 6 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
| 7 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |