Example sentences of "do not want to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not want to be in the position of having to make decisions . |
| 2 | ‘ We accept that some of the gypsies , the traditional travellers , do not want to be settled and wish to remain mobile . |
| 3 | The bigger nations , for their part , have already developed systems of takeover supervision , and do not want to be encumbered with another layer of M&A bureaucracy . |
| 4 | We do not want to be handing our paper profits back to the Government . ’ |
| 5 | Most of our local people do not want to be tied into packages , ’ says assistant manager Tracey Johnson . |
| 6 | And while they force you to be what you do not want to be , they are also teaching you how to be parents . |
| 7 | You do not want to be hungry . |
| 8 | Some of the things we have listed ( such as Weetabix or baked beans ) have sugar in them anyway so ideally you do not want to be adding even more sugar to breakfast meals . |
| 9 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 10 | I really , strongly do not want to be ruled by such people — people with America 's political correctness , but without the American love of liberty ; people with the Continent 's dirigisme , but without a Continental breadth of culture ; people with a modern metropolitan 's contempt for his own country 's traditions , but a bumpkin 's ignorance of economics . |
| 11 | This person does not want to be meddled or interfered with in this state ; everything is a burden and they do not want to be disturbed . |
| 12 | Do not worry that you are being judgemental — we do not want to be judged for the pride we see in ourselves . |
| 13 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 14 | HI FI enthusiasts who do not want to be involved in new-fangled digital technology now have a fresh analogue controversy to get their teeth into . |
| 15 | They do not want to be reminded of their own ageing by the evident blooming of youth at such close quarters . |
| 16 | Many women , especially if they have a lesbian or feminist identity , do not want to be part of the male power structure that the male-dominated homophile groups have : those women with a commitment to women tend to form their own groups . |
| 17 | But even this can be dangerous because we are all growing , changing humans who do not want to be ‘ taken for granted ’ . |
| 18 | But in the business of everyday life , in our self-absorption which at times takes over , the request for attention may feel intrusive just when we do not want to be intruded upon . |
| 19 | She quite understandably declares that many people do not want to be ‘ involved in this unpleasantness ’ . |
| 20 | And although Claire says that she likes the idea that they are women and promotes that image , they do not want to be seen as a peculiarity . |
| 21 | In general , smokers do not want to be patronised with compulsory anti-smoking meetings during working hours , or ‘ ghettoised ’ in cramped and dirty ‘ sin bins ’ at the ends of disused corridors . |
| 22 | They do not want to be heard to complain . |
| 23 | Mr Winterton added : ‘ I do not want to be bitter or vindictive . |
| 24 | I do not want to be seen as a liability to you . |
| 25 | People do not want to be led by someone moaning that the press is unfair . |
| 26 | Presidents , naturally , do not want to be seen to condone the taking of drugs ; the public temper is for stiff penalties and the locking up of offenders , not tender care . |
| 27 | Some of these children are saying that they are not black or that they do not want to be associated with other black people . |
| 28 | It is not as though we do n't want to love these innocent victims or that they do not want to be loved , but guilt and bitterness prevent it — the guilt of all parties . |
| 29 | If they do not want to be held responsible for ‘ increasing racial tension ’ on the street , or the shop floor , they had better do x , y , or z . |
| 30 | But our sons now do not want to be like us . " |