Example sentences of "wish [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an eight to one decision on June 25 the Supreme Court ruled that a person had the right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment , but that such treatment could only be withheld from a comatose person if there were convincing evidence that they would not have wished to continue their life in a debilitated state . |
| 2 | ( Some would have already recovered the development value of the land by selling at a high price ; others may never have wished to develop their land , and , indeed , might even have bought it for the express purpose of preventing its development . ) |
| 3 | The educational establishment , wishing to promote their service , was not slow in fuelling this new interest . |
| 4 | Those pupils wishing to continue their education have either to transfer to a school which does have a sixth form or to a sixth form college , or to move outside the secondary school system into a tertiary or further education college ( see below ) . |
| 5 | How can the special treatment for members wishing to sue their unions be justified ? |
| 6 | It was at one with consumer bodies in wishing to see their activities stopped . |
| 7 | Ordinary Koreans wishing to see their country independent , unified and tackling its social and economic problems radically felt betrayed at the deep conservatism that distinguished the occupation . |
| 8 | Adoption has primarily been seen as a means for infertile couples to gain a family , but other people may also choose to adopt : birth relations eg , grandparents ; step-relations ; those wishing to increase their family and offer a child a home ; families already fostering the child ; families with hereditary illness which can affect their biological children . |
| 9 | The research aims to make use of a unique source of data in order to extend our understanding of patterns and determinants of individual charitable giving , and to examine policy options available to charitable organisations wishing to increase their receipts from individual donors . |
| 10 | It is expected that the research findings will be valuable to the UK industry ( in particular , to UK firms wishing to increase their competitive edge by adopting ‘ best practice ’ ) and for better relations between Japanese subsidiaries and their UK suppliers . |
| 11 | The system , which is available now , is targeted mainly at corporate users , wishing to provide their staff with instant access to information , or information suppliers , such as publishing houses . |
| 12 | People wishing to own their council house may thereby be led to believe mistakenly , that the present institutionalization of private property is in their interests . |
| 13 | Supplier companies wishing to sell their products to industrial markets must try to establish a pattern or " mix " of inter-related activities . |
| 14 | Enterprise says the system is ideal for large companies wishing to organise their data management systems into a more coherent whole while preserving their current hardware and application investments . |
| 15 | Describing Edward III 's arrival at Calais in 1359 with a sizeable army , the chronicler recalled that a large number of men , of different backgrounds and nationalities , were there waiting in the hope of being allowed to join him , some , he added significantly , wishing to advance their honour , others intent upon pillaging the kingdom of France . |
| 16 | The file specifications will be documented , and users wishing to load their own files must convert them into the Okapi format . |
| 17 | It has been accentuated by the Gulf war : Arab princes , not wishing to parade their sybaritic ways too openly these days , have vanished from the auction ring . |
| 18 | In addition , those general practices wishing to administer their own budgets will have included in their budgets a component to cover certain hospital-based treatments . |
| 19 | Starkist President Keith Hauge said that the company would require its suppliers to have observers on their vessels to ensure that drift-nets were not used , and would offer financial assistance to skippers wishing to refit their boats or move their operations to waters where tuna do not swim with dolphins . |
| 20 | Because of the emphasis on good care rather than biological bonds , this school of thought tends to hold a fairly favourable view of good substitute carers and to wish to strengthen their position vis-à-vis the natural parents . |
| 21 | Not wishing to put their nearest and dearest to enormous expense the happy couple omitted to mention on the invitations that they were getting married . |
| 22 | For customers wishing to leave their cars close to Gatwick airport Citalia has an agreement with BCP car parking . |
| 23 | Typically , the Bank will announce that discount houses wishing to use their borrowing facilities are invited to do so at 2.30 p.m. ; on such occasions the interest rate at which loans are made is usually published . |
| 24 | The module may act as a foundation for students wishing to pursue their studies in the area of law . |
| 25 | In response to requests from a number of Departments within the University , the Enterprise Centre looked at the provision made for students wishing to start their own businesses or with business ideas which they want to explore . |
| 26 | It is perhaps not coincidental that the same Islanders , whilst wishing to keep their traditional forms of adoption , are also seeking legal security to protect them from undue interference from the natural family . |
| 27 | Although the doctrine was created in the course of a somewhat panicked reaction by the courts to bogus claims of national security peril asserted by the Government , it has subsequently been exploited by private corporations wishing to keep their secrets under wraps . |
| 28 | Most college teachers are more down-to-earth : solid citizens and safe , intellectual craft workers , who mostly know and love their subject well enough to wish to share their enthusiasm for it with their students . |
| 29 | I had no idea that Hitler , Stalin , and even Genghis Khan were all born brimming with the possibility of goodness wishing to hug their fellows and lavish them with love . |
| 30 | all learners wishing to revise their elementary English in small groups or on their own at home . |