Example sentences of "what they want " in BNC.

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1 Because that 's what they want .
2 Always remember that they have asked to see you and that is what they want to do .
3 Local independents and independents from other regions outline what they want from broadcasters .
4 Local and national broadcasters outline what they want from independent producers .
5 What they want in future is 32 seeds in all the Grand Slam tournaments instead of the 16 they have at present .
6 Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want .
7 Conservatism at its best is about letting people — within broad bounds — do what they want and live how they want .
8 No , what they want is perfectly expressed in the simple banner held up during the Leipzig demonstrations : ‘ Freiheit ! ! ! ’
9 Others present what they do and what they want to achieve in their first year , for example , putting out an album and going on tour .
10 ‘ The workers have not followed the proper dispute procedures , they have no legitimate grievances and it is difficult to know what they want . ’
11 A supporter said yesterday : ‘ What they want is to have somebody they can control , ’ but Mr Field found it impossible to operate on that basis .
12 But of course the users do n't know what they want , so they end up getting another duff system .
13 And you ca n't develop a prototype system because the users have n't got a clue what they want .
14 Women make their own minds up about what they want to do , I find , so I left it ; but about a year ago she invited me to a party and indicated that whoever it had been was no longer around .
15 I ca n't bear people who do n't know what they want and dither . ’
16 What they want is a job . ’
17 Government must stop telling people what they want and start … hearing what the people want . ’
18 But Mr Ratner is clearly giving customers what they want .
19 Yet in fact that is the opposite of what they want .
20 What they want is business , not as an exclusive right but as a first option .
21 Parents know what their children are longing for and will give them what they want , even if every piggy bank in the house has to be broken open .
22 Do the terrorists get what they want ? ’
23 And the winners go out there and get what they want .
24 And when you 've done you ca n't stop folks thinking what they want to think .
25 You can tell them till you 're blue in the face and they still do what they want .
26 ‘ Giving the people what they want ’ had proved a more potent slogan than traditional Conservative paternalism .
27 I want to give the public what they want , ’ said Lew Grade .
28 ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced .
29 ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced .
30 ‘ If you had continuous music , it would be like keeping the pubs open all day , ’ he was told , which Benn summarized as ‘ a real BBC view that it is bad to give the people what they want . ’
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