Example sentences of "[subord] we do not want " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we are not obliged to join in a single currency if we do not want to . |
| 2 | If we do not want to reset entire articles ( impossible in the rush of printing schedules ) , the only place we can make cuts or additions is at the end of paragraphs . |
| 3 | Even if we do not want to take too seriously the feuds between Cato and Quinctius Flamininus ( Plut . |
| 4 | It is essential , however — if we do not want a united states of Europe to retain the right , within a co-operative framework to try to forge a consensus on foreign policy — to make our own decisions . |
| 5 | In December 1915 , at the very time Falkenhayn was submitting his Memorandum , he was writing to his father about the possibility of a separate peace with England or Russia , ‘ if we do not want our fatherland to keep on fighting until complete exhaustion ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered . |
| 7 | We did so not because we did not want money spent on community care , but because we did not necessarily believe that a one-track policy was the best way to ensure the ideal form of care . |
| 8 | A species is a population of interbreeding individuals ; more precisely , because we do not want to regard the blue tits on the Isle of Wight as belonging to a different species to those on the mainland , a species is a group of actually or potentially interbreeding populations . |
| 9 | ‘ I think we are quite unique because we do not want to take their money and run . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The paradox of diversion is that whenever we want to divert something it proves very hard to do so ; but when we do not want to create a diversion we very often end up by diverting more than we wanted . |