Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [Wh pn] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | A grand dismissal of the niggling demands of penny-pinchers who wanted results tomorrow came from the chief witness , John Collier , Chairman of the UKAEA and head of the newly-formed Nuclear Electric utility . |
| 2 | Further to that supplementary question , will the Minister also have a word with the planners about hotel accommodation , especially in the County Antrim area , and find out why so many obstacles are being put in the way of hoteliers who want to improve their facilities ? |
| 3 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 4 | VIC JOBSON , the Southend chairman , has vowed to stand firm against the growing protests of supporters who want David Webb , currently serving out his notice , to stay as manager . |
| 5 | In the latter case the Bank of England would have to hold a gold reserve to meet the demand of foreigners who wanted to convert sterling into gold . |
| 6 | Vermuyden had faced remarkable difficulties , not least the age-old problem of clients who want the profit at the end of the day , but who are not prepared to lay out sufficient capital to achieve it . |
| 7 | , writes : THE WINKLE Club at the Trout consists of a bunch of chaps who want to raise money for charity . |
| 8 | It seemed to be run for the benefit of chaps who wanted a good time — not chaps who wanted to re-create their public schools . |
| 9 | If you have a group of parents who want something particular from a school and are going to organise themselves into a group to pressurise that school , they 'll do it whether there 's a P T A there or not . |
| 10 | There is a growing band of buyers who want something more distinctive and who are prepared to pay extra for it . |
| 11 | Hitherto the product was reliant on a third-party database , both to store user data and user data dictionaries and objects , but now it comes with Watcom 's SQL Database ; an addition that will appeal to a small number of customers who want to build stand-alone applications . |
| 12 | The 1983 budget increased the ceiling from £25,000 to £30,000 , on the grounds that the lower limit was ‘ beginning to hinder a growing number of families who want to buy their first home , or to move ’ ( Hansard , 15 March 1983 , cols 145–6 ) . |
| 13 | I mean there were there were still quite a lot of tenants who wanted to see police patrolling in twos and threes , through the complex . |
| 14 | But these estimates were , of course , based on the short-term , very non-strategic demands of investors who wanted to be assured of a good return on their money if they bought shares in the industry . |
| 15 | The refusal of foreign-owned oil companies operating in Chile to handle Soviet crude lent weight to the arguments of nationalists who wanted to accept the Soviet offer , which was heatedly debated in the Chilean Congress for two years before the incoming elected conservative government of Alessandri felt strong enough to reject it . |
| 16 | On the other hand , there would have been a ‘ true ’ or ‘ purist ’ Sadducee movement , consisting of Sadducees who wanted no part of such collaboration and remained loyal to the principle of a Davidic Messiah . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , in a different war , the Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting to hear another group of entrepreneurs who want to market home AIDS-testing kits . |
| 18 | Class C are a group of entrepreneurs who want to build a leisure park in the area . |
| 19 | They like their subject , and want nothing more than to be left alone to teach it to groups of pupils who want to learn it . |
| 20 | To Leibniz he was ‘ The Irishman who attacks the reality of bodies … [ and ] belongs to the class of men who want to be known for their paradoxes ’ . |
| 21 | I 'm sick to death of men who want to prove something . |
| 22 | A third friend said , " One time I used to go around with a load of boys who wanted to break people 's windows , so I just left . " |
| 23 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
| 24 | He might be kind , gentle even , but his words would be no more than a courteous cloak of indifference ; for had n't she now joined the ranks of women who wanted him ? |
| 25 | However , the existence of intangible advantages does not justify the continuation of policies which ignore the basic rights of women who want to play a full and active part in society . |
| 26 | ‘ The players have to take a heap of responsibility for what has happened at Celtic Park , ’ he said , ‘ but the squad is also made up of footballers who want to play in the manner Liam Brady has adopted as his philosophy on the game . |