Example sentences of "we do not wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not wish to create conditions which led to possible violence . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We did not wish to be speaking of it ’ , though of course I regretted our separation . |
| 3 | Firm statements about the importance of grammar would be taken by many teachers and members of the general public to mean a return to Latinate grammar , and we did not wish to give this false impression . |
| 4 | We did not wish to meet Doctor Swope or Mary Elliston , or Mr Percy Blaker . |
| 5 | We do not wish to commit the mistake that Woolgar believes is widespread in social science : namely , of suggesting that the only knowledge which is not subject to the influence of contingent historical , cultural , and social processes is that which we ourselves have written ( Woolgar 1988b ) . |
| 6 | Whatever may be the case in Russia , we in the degenerate West can switch off the radio or television , or not buy a newspaper , or not read such parts of it as we do not wish to . |
| 7 | We do not wish to harm you , or your state . |
| 8 | In the case of Rose of Lima , who is simply a very extreme and therefore very demanding example of a more widespread phenomenon , it seems that we must at least understand , even if we do not wish to reclaim and emulate , the ideas about purity which governed her life . |
| 9 | But we do not wish to appear personally involved in such unsavoury matters . |
| 10 | Howard replied , ‘ We do not wish to interfere with your religion , but you must talk about practicable things . |
| 11 | We do not wish it to be postponed . ’ |
| 12 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 13 | We should be talking with them and going out of our way to assure them that we do not wish to engage in a price war . |
| 14 | We do not wish to commit Spain to entering the war merely in order to frighten England into … making peace by a naval promenade in the Channel . |
| 15 | We do not wish to commit Spain to entering the war merely in order to frighten England into a peace from which nothing but the independence of the Americans would be obtained … |
| 16 | By focusing on some of the difficulties people may encounter we do not wish to suggest that life is nothing but problems , nor to imply that these problems can not be overcome . |
| 17 | We 've come to see the acting , we do not wish to understand the play ! ’ |
| 18 | We do not wish to change that in any way , shape or form , but we are anxious about the word ‘ acceptability ’ later in the Clause' [ A local authority shall not promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship ] . |
| 19 | Further sections of this pattern would then go into subsequent stitch pattern areas , but bear in mind that we do not wish to overflow the memory , while the next section of 88 squares will fill the working memory . |
| 20 | He insisted : ‘ As far as we are concerned we have had no approach from anyone about Davies and we do not wish him to move elsewhere . ’ |
| 21 | While we do not wish to appear unresponsive by delaying any decision on this front , there does seem to be considerable merit in extending the Consultation period . |
| 22 | We do not wish to be the first case of this kind to go before the Special Commissioners . |
| 23 | We do not wish to listen to that noise all afternoon . ‘ |
| 24 | We do not wish to make too much of these points . |
| 25 | We do not wish to revive that proposal . |
| 26 | We do not wish to underestimate the straightforward pleasure that reading can afford . |
| 27 | We do not wish to appear vulnerable ; we want to look good . |
| 28 | Surely we do not wish to deny that she saw these hazards despite her being unable to tell us anything about what she saw . |
| 29 | We do not wish to imply that current models are flawed in their construction . |
| 30 | ‘ We do not wish to imply that all written language is autonomous and that all oral language is context-based . |