Example sentences of "we want be " in BNC.

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1 Even in the cases where what we want are things which exist in the ordinary way , these things are not to be identified with the mentioned objects .
2 The principles that we want are no discrimination , a closer approach to the market , consideration of more environmental matters at the centre of the European Community and a sensible CAP that is designed to support efficient farmers and the proper backing of the rural economy .
3 The last thing we want is to lose our independence to one of the big five . ’
4 All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’
5 when all we want is the meeting
6 What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently .
7 The last thing we want is teaching by numbers , reducing learning to a series of mechanistic measured units .
8 ‘ There 's no danger , ’ he translated , his eyes on the soothsayer 's hands , ‘ but the boar that we want is as fast as the wind and as sharp as an eagle . ’
9 ‘ What we want is very simple : we want wages for housework .
10 But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ?
11 ‘ What we want is the children back home .
12 The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up .
13 Now all we want is some bread and some onions an' we 're set .
14 I feel some drivers have been very , very lucky and the last thing we want is to have complacency creeping in .
15 The variable we want is the radius of the circle R .
16 The two things are very different , and yet if all we want is to produce consent , it can be got in either way .
17 The last thing we want is a fight now . "
18 Cos all we want is the words .
19 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 .
20 What we want is down-to-earth accountability , not lots of incomprehensible grand ideas .
21 Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities .
22 Surely if all we want is prints off existing things all you need do is a request with a DOPACS number ?
23 What we want is only two hours .
24 When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas .
25 What we want is a dictatorship .
26 What we want is — the Foreign Secretary !
27 Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’
28 We are well aware of this problem and the last thing we want is ex-service men having to live in temporary accommodation .
29 The last thing that we want is a return to the spend , spend , spend — tax , tax , tax policies of the Labour party .
30 The last thing we want is approved contractors having to wait too long for their money .
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