Example sentences of "want [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , what we do n't want are detailed particulars of the shop , the salesperson 's home address and physical attributes . |
| 2 | The international trend is towards an ever greater degree of devolution ; here the tendency has been to centralise , and the issues of autonomy , which most locals want are confused with the mechanics of finance . |
| 3 | The fears that the work could escalate into ‘ genetic engineering ’ , by which all but completely healthy babies would be terminated and parents could virtually plan the child they want are futuristic but increasingly real . |
| 4 | One thing is clear : the test of performance in a modern industrial society is strongly concerned with the degree to which wants are satisfied in relative terms . |
| 5 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 6 | If you 're available on Friday or Saturday October 1–2 , contact War On Want 's head office at |
| 7 | What people want is low risk . ’ |
| 8 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 9 | We are well aware of this problem and the last thing we want is ex-service men having to live in temporary accommodation . |
| 10 | so the last thing they want is extra children to come in . |
| 11 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 12 | Old fashioned notions , perhaps , but since what you want is old-fashioned marriage , those are the principles on which it should be based . |
| 13 | What we want is down-to-earth accountability , not lots of incomprehensible grand ideas . |
| 14 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 15 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 16 | But , you might find the trip you want is full , and you have to go for another . |
| 17 | Your child 's welfare is the ‘ paramount ’ consideration ; what you and your wife want is secondary . |
| 18 | Maybe Brian but what they want is initial contact point for somebody . |
| 19 | What they want is everyday talk . |
| 20 | The last thing we want is approved contractors having to wait too long for their money . |
| 21 | All we want is mass sewerage . |
| 22 | Knowing what the customer wants is essential to this kind of business . |
| 23 | They will not get it into their heads that what the military wants is military information , not the phone number of some general 's girlfriend . |
| 24 | Similarly , Heclo and Wildavsky 's classic study of the relationship between the Treasury and spending ministries in Britain highlights that the Treasury 's ability to secure spending decisions that it wants is contingent to a large degree upon the strategies employed in bargaining with spending ministries ( and vice versa ) . |
| 25 | Suppose that what is wanted is large-scale mapping of the city of Leeds , it is likely that snapshots of Ordnance Survey mapping will have been preserved far more frequently , for the practical purposes of town planners etc. , but they will have been preserved not in libraries but in planning offices , and will they have been preserved after the date when they were needed there ? |
| 26 | ‘ All that 's wanted is cheap labour , so logically , there 's no investment in education . ’ |
| 27 | What is wanted is increased firmness . ’ |
| 28 | In pictures released to celebrate the anniversary , the happy-ever-after ending that everyone wanted is plain to see . |
| 29 | In this process of adaptation , what was really wanted was European power : the demands of the Hundred Days had been for arms , railways and schools . |
| 30 | And one thing we do n't want is extra work . |