Example sentences of "what we want is " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently . |
| 2 | ‘ What we want is very simple : we want wages for housework . |
| 3 | But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ? |
| 4 | ‘ What we want is the children back home . |
| 5 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 6 | What we want is down-to-earth accountability , not lots of incomprehensible grand ideas . |
| 7 | What we want is only two hours . |
| 8 | What we want is a dictatorship . |
| 9 | What we want is — the Foreign Secretary ! |
| 10 | What we want is peace with security . " |
| 11 | ‘ What we want is someone who 's an idiot and who has appeal . |
| 12 | Now I I remember talking to him for hours once on a programme about education and this was when he first said what we want is teachers to be accountable . |
| 13 | Look , the question of what we want is a sociological one , which we answer by asking people , or by observing their behaviour . |
| 14 | What we want is fighting talk , and fighting spirit , I want Macca to prove me wrong that he is not a big girl 's blouse . |
| 15 | I 'm not saying we have done this in an ad hoc way up to now but what we want is to try and develop a programme for this and I think that should be a very useful and , and frankly I would expect it to grow er over the years as the need develops . |
| 16 | What we want is to be working here . |
| 17 | What we want is a good mix of prisoners who come here wanting to take advantage of what we offer . |
| 18 | ‘ Ideally what we want is to score early on because the longer the match progresses , psychological factors in the players ’ minds will surface . ’ |