Example sentences of "we want to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , what we will prove to ourselves if we want to is it does n't matter where you work , the amount of time that a salesmen spends driving about in his car is almost exactly the same regardless of where he works . |
| 2 | Adrian Titcombe , the FA 's crowd management co-ordinator , said : ‘ We want to be clear where the trouble occurred so we will study all the reports before coming to any conclusion . ’ |
| 3 | In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records . |
| 4 | The glamour adverts are about what they think we want to be , then there are the other kind that are supposedly about reality — you know , the ones where they always have Northern accents . |
| 5 | We want to be left alone . |
| 6 | ‘ We have gone one-third of the way to where we want to be , ’ Mr Jones said of the restructuring which has sold off the Grattan mail-order business for £167½m , cut debts in the Club 24 credit operation , improved trading in the core retail division and strengthened the balance sheet . |
| 7 | We will be prepared to sell stations — which we want to be centres of activity — either to franchisees or independent companies . |
| 8 | If we want to be neutral , should we continue normal supplies to the Reds or should they be discontinued ? |
| 9 | ‘ The idea that we want to be deal-makers all the time is something I would n't subscribe to , ’ he says , then adds , ‘ but we are only just starting ’ . |
| 10 | We want to be known as people who pay their bills on time and can be trusted and depended on for help if needed . |
| 11 | We want to be able to challenge the whole idea of housework being women 's work , just as we want to challenge whether engineering or surgery or being a crane driver or a football referee , whether any of those are men 's jobs . |
| 12 | We want to be leaders all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ Revenge ’ is well on the way to taking us to that point where we want to be , ’ explained the one-time axe-wielding , fire-breathing bassman . |
| 14 | ‘ We want to be talking two to three days here . |
| 15 | As David Tomlinson put it , ‘ We want to be charismatics not charismaniacs . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If we want to be up there with the big boys then let's study and use their tactics . ’ |
| 17 | In addition , if we want to be true to our ecumenical commitment , it should not exclude religions other than Christianity . |
| 18 | ‘ We want to be on the cover of Smash Hits … and we deserve it , ’ announces bass-player Ian , resplendent in his rubber trousers bought from a Soho sex shop . |
| 19 | Everton have cut the cost of their kit , while Wimbledon , who are refusing to jack up their prices , have said : ‘ We want to be fair to our supporters . ’ |
| 20 | For example , we want to be able to take knowledge gained from studying the free recall of nonsense syllables and make predictions about our ability to remember things like telephone numbers , or the names of people we have just been introduced to at parties . |
| 21 | We want to be the leader in cross-border opportunities , in taking customers from proprietary systems to independent standards . |
| 22 | We want to be proud again ! |
| 23 | ‘ With free trade the European community is becoming a strong force and we want to be a part of it ’ , says Nereaux-Weber . |
| 24 | We want to be a big village , we want to be human beings living in a human society |
| 25 | We want to be a big village , we want to be human beings living in a human society |
| 26 | We lack a vision of what kind of company we want to be and a strategy . |
| 27 | The reason for this is that we want to be able to attribute all changes of meaning on substitution to differences in the semantic properties of the items being substituted . |
| 28 | We have a choice if we want to be involved in research |
| 29 | Right , what made we want to be , I wanted to be a policeman when I was very young but never had the courage to do it . |
| 30 | He looks wise and fatherly and says , ‘ I do n't think we want to be bothered with that , do you ? ’ |