Example sentences of "they wish [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically equity investors receive annual dividends and they can also sell their shares should they wish to liquidate their investment ; the market price of these shares is a reflection of their expected future earnings . |
| 2 | Non-entitled categories were declared redundant unless they wished to relocate their homes to the Stevenage area at their own expense . |
| 3 | They acknowledged that Mr Blake , from Lord Jim , had rescued their employee on both occasions and they wished to record their thanks for this . |
| 4 | At this stage , they would have to discuss how they wished to employ their right to three years in further education . |
| 5 | The authors of the Convention were never quite of one mind as to the obligatory quality they wished to give their text . |
| 6 | People might take 50 or 60 years to make up their minds on how they wished to live their lives , he went on . |
| 7 | The court said that the parties had chosen the manner by which they wished to have their disputes resolved , and that the wording of the clause did not leave any scope for saying that , in so far as that matter was one of law , it was to be determined not by the expert but by the court . |
| 8 | The Bolsheviks had let it be known that they wished to end their war with Germany , and after The Revolution in October 1917 , in Russia , the Bolsheviks were able to seize power and , in December 1917 , they signed an alliance with Germany . |
| 9 | The same power has been used to control potentially unruly crowds going to football matches , and to turn back would-be picketing miners at some distance from the scene where they wished to express their displeasure . |
| 10 | Consequently , our lads , whenever they wished to express their contempt for the French , would show them two fingers . |
| 11 | These she kept in an ivory box , and the gods ate from them as often as they wished to renew their youth . |
| 12 | He added that it was " up to the Europeans " whether they wished to provide their own forces in circumstances where NATO would not or could not act . |
| 13 | In some cases this only extends to personal or physical independence , but for many people ageing represents a threat to their independence in the much wider sense of losing control over how they wish to live their lives . |
| 14 | List MdBs must emulate them if they wish to safeguard their place on their party 's list or hope to win a constituency seat at the next election . |
| 15 | For a start , anyone with an existing Section 226 policy has no need , unless they wish to alter their arrangements , to do anything at all . |
| 16 | ‘ If they wish to have their children privately educated and they feel they ca n't afford it , when the time comes they can talk to the benevolent fund , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Symbolic and tangible rewards ( praise , encouragement , a hug — the sort of ‘ rewards ’ that psychologists call ‘ positive reinforcers ’ ) regulate behaviour Children are likely to be willing to obey distasteful rules because they wish to have their parents ' approval or avoid their disapproval . |
| 18 | I never saw anything like it ; nobody ever saw anything to equal the infinite age which was graven on that fearful countenance , no bigger now than that of a two months old child , though the skull retained its same size ; and let all men pray they never shall , if they wish to keep their reason . |
| 19 | Perhaps they wish to share their grief , but if I did not know Uncle Ted , then it becomes less easy to sympathise . |
| 20 | This will enable first time buyers to choose a home and buy a share of it — usually 50 per cent — with a housing association paying rent on the rest until they wish to increase their stake in the property . |