Example sentences of "wish to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 2 | If you wish to be included in our order and have not already told us , do so in writing WITHOUT DELAY . |
| 3 | When choreographers wish to be patriotic by displaying the national origins of a company , school or ballet , they must not only be thoroughly conversant with that country 's uniquely traditional folk arts but also be very sensitive to the way that native performers play in the popular theatre . |
| 4 | This should make no difference with the Lapps , the Same ( pronounced Sam-ay ) as they now wish to be called , being all one race . |
| 5 | We wish to be unharmed , in our own state . |
| 6 | It would be easy to exaggerate the extent to which the lack of genuine evangelicalism in the fraternal organizations creates motivational problems for Free Presbyterians who wish to be active in politics . |
| 7 | Those who wish to be appointed must somehow solicit the good opinion of the prime minister 's appointments secretary . |
| 8 | With the prospect of a hung Parliament , few wish to be hung over . |
| 9 | The BOA 's humiliating decision is poor reward for their outstanding achievements and something , I believe , few of us wish to be associated with . |
| 10 | If you are inclined to take Frownies seriously , and wish to be well ahead of the game , you need look no farther than Clare Maxwell-Hudson 's office in north London , where the notion that anti-frown plasters are a new idea from the USA met with shrieks of incredulity . |
| 11 | The presumptuous way in which it has laid claim to the English rose as representing the party is indicative of its misplaced self-assurance that the people of ‘ our country ’ , as they repeatedly refer to England , wish to be governed by Labour as much as it wishes to govern us — an illusion emphatically dispelled last week . |
| 12 | All member nations who wish to be represented are allowed to have one vote — no matter how large or small the nations are . |
| 13 | To this end we welcome the support of any interested NCT members who wish to be involved in some way . |
| 14 | ‘ So perhaps we ought not to seek — unless we wish to be — what we ca n't be — ’ |
| 15 | Put another way , they wish to say , and indeed advertise , that there is nothing transient , superficial , or casual in the way they view each other and wish to be viewed . |
| 16 | If you wish to be able to learn and remember what you read , divide the material into reasonable sections before you begin . |
| 17 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 18 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 19 | The wordings used for trusts are essentially these : ‘ I entrust ’ , ‘ I request ’ , ‘ I wish to be given ’ , and so on . |
| 20 | ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’ |
| 21 | Better still , never leave Little Puddington at all if you wish to be a wholly fulfilled and creative person . |
| 22 | With this method all the people who wish to be involved in the selection of a candidate do so one after the other and not as one unwieldy group . |
| 23 | If , when you do , the neighbours think you are being anti-social explain or say that you have a passion for climbing roses or clematis , or make some other excuse if you wish to be polite . |
| 24 | ‘ It would be helpful to know if you wish to be kept in touch with developments . ’ |
| 25 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 26 | This means that you drag up a documents giving directions about how you wish to be treated if later on you can not make your wishes known because you have suffered a serious accident or are very ill . |
| 27 | There is nothing wrong in preparing written directions about how we wish to be treated . |
| 28 | Peers are asked if they wish to be granted ‘ leave of absence ’ and , if they do not reply in the negative , are expected not to attend without giving 30 days ' notice of intention to do so . |
| 29 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 30 | I wish to be a good man and a Christian , but I am no Whig , no Reformist , no Republican . ’ |