Example sentences of "[conj] want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients were selected from a group of 496 patients with insulin dependent diabetes who attended our clinic regularly , according to the following criteria : they were aged 18–60 , had insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of at least five years ' duration , had a stable body mass index not exceeding 30 kg/m , a glycated haemoglobin concentration of less than 10% , were not hypertensive ( supine blood pressure less than 160/95 mm Hg and no antihypertensive treatment ) , had persistent microalbuminuria — that is , urinary albumin excretion between 30 and 300 mg/24 h at least twice during the previous six months — were not pregnant or wanting to be pregnant , and had no chronic disease other than diabetes . |
| 2 | Certainly white children in substitute white families , or their biological families , do not deny that they are white , nor want to be black . |
| 3 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 4 | For a show that wants to be warm and friendly , it is all a bit imposing . |
| 5 | The village is the place to stay if you enjoy a relaxed , informal atmosphere and want to be close to all the activities . |
| 6 | Now EMF are fed up and want to be serious , spiritual rock stars and mates with Bono — and still on a diet of dangerous drugs and sex . |
| 7 | Most of those who come to church expect and want to be able to sing , and the Commission believes that the music in parish churches ought to be substantially congregational . |
| 8 | I do n't want to either , Bill , but I must come back on this , I mean Choppy wants all things and wants to be all things to all men . |
| 9 | Goram , like the rest of the Ibrox playing staff , understands that his club could be on the verge of something exceptional in their history , and wants to be able to remember everything . |
| 10 | The political background was likely to be a country clamouring for tougher punishments and wanting to be convinced that crime will be dealt with , while expert reports called for less resort to prison sentencing . |
| 11 | And oh , she inwardly sighed , and wanted to be nearer to him . |
| 12 | Morrissey was still very upset about that incident and wanted to be close to the decision makers . |
| 13 | Val was more indignant than Roland about this event , and her indignation upset him as much as his own failure , for he liked Fergus and wanted to be able to go on liking him . |
| 14 | If he 'd met someone and wanted to be unfaithful , he would have found an opportunity and I could n't have stopped him . |
| 15 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 16 | I looked forward to reaching my cell , because I was beginning to feel miserable and wanted to be alone and warm . |
| 17 | He 's a star here , but wants to be top of the bill at the Westminster palace of varieties . |
| 18 | It was a typical loner 's situation — the depressive who , though wanting to be alone , worried about having no one around and was so grateful to feel wanted . |
| 19 | The distinction is not clean and complete , partly because the umbrella has some social significance and is not customary everywhere , partly because some behaviour , like avoiding other people when wanting to be alone , takes account of the behaviour of others without exactly being social . |