Example sentences of "[noun] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well what a what does your mum want to do ? |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Rose , ’ she said silently , ‘ you make my heart want to burst out of me . |
| 3 | Fear of the owl makes the birds want to flee and anger at its obtrusive presence makes them want to attack . |
| 4 | ‘ Why does Van want to waste his time showing a car as expensive as that to a kid like Hank ? ’ wondered Mr Frizzell irritably . |
| 5 | This may again be necessary for work with learning resources , but librarians and experienced teachers will in any case want to stress the absolute necessity of previous detailed checking to see that the resources likely to be helpful and required are actually available . |
| 6 | ‘ Brilliant … what did Dan want ? |
| 7 | ‘ And when does Lisabeth want to move into the annexe ? |
| 8 | So how can a computer want ? |
| 9 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 10 | These people may of course want to keep their knowledge secret so as to avoid any involvement in criminal proceedings , which is not helpful to creditors and to credit managers wanting to know what is to be salvaged from the wreck . |
| 11 | Chrissy , right , does your ca your T-shirt want washing ? |
| 12 | I much Does Devlin want some of that Oh ! |
| 13 | Did Mrs Kettering want Buck to leave her or was she considering a more extreme solution ? |
| 14 | For example , would a Scottish Parliament want to spend its limited resources on renationalisation , rather than on the pressing problems of homelessness , joblessness , or lawlessness ? |
| 15 | If the NRPB gets the contract to conduct the survey , Reissland wants to compare death rates among servicemen and scientists present during the tests with records of their individual exposure to radiation — as recorded by the film badges which , he has been assured by the MoD , all those present wore . |
| 16 | By listening closely to what chefs want from their equipment and by striving to scale new heights in service and product development , they are doing their utmost to meet the needs of the modern caterer . |
| 17 | In my work with church groups on the subject of bereavement , I have repeatedly found that such groups Want to discuss the subject of suicide . |
| 18 | Environmental groups want farmers to make more fundamental changes . |
| 19 | So many groups want to visit the plant , which was stricken by a now notorious accident to its reactor in 1979 that its owner , General Public Utilities , has a waiting list . |
| 20 | At least three distinct groups want a share of the scarce resource . |
| 21 | Clergy and parish workers seek spiritual support , parishes organise quiet days and prayer weeks , while catechists , RCIA teams and prayer groups want spiritual input . |
| 22 | The pressure groups want a clear assurance that they will be able to ask , as of right , for a visit from the visiting officer — at least in the initial stages so that the new self-assessment procedure can be carried through correctly . |
| 23 | I 'm in some ways surprised the non-political groups want to affiliate with with the party . |
| 24 | Animal welfare groups want them outlawed all together . |
| 25 | Environment groups want a total ban on tankers . |
| 26 | In relation to the association of District Council 's erm proposition , that was a development package , and obviously groups want to meet in time to look at that , so we 'll see if we can find some more information on that one . |
| 27 | AT&T Co 's Tuxedo transaction processing monitor — now with Unix System Laboratories Inc — seems to have lost out to NCR Corp 's Top End in the acquisition , and now NCR wants Top End to be more widely used . |
| 28 | Stephen Tyler-Upfield wants to switch from conversions into building for the first-time buyers he believes are now increasing there . |
| 29 | ‘ I- want to put appearance at the office before lunch . ’ |
| 30 | Davis had suspected that for to could not introduce complements of the verb want , and one particular native speaker , when questioned , had confirmed this tentative hypothesis . |