Example sentences of "they want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves . |
| 2 | That is , they want to be sure that the scrutiny of takeovers in third countries moving into the EC is as thorough and as fair as in the Community . |
| 3 | But they want to be sure it is empty at the time they might need to sell or redevelop . |
| 4 | In fact , the inspector or Secretary of State is usually making real decisions , that is , decisions that will make a difference to the built environment ; when presented with that responsibility , they want to be sure the result is acceptable . |
| 5 | In both classroom and staffroom they want to be authentic and energetic : to be able to display their enthusiasm and true beliefs without being disparaged . |
| 6 | Obviously there is a very delicate balance between erm demanding too much of people 's time in consulting and talking with you , and not involving them at all , and you have to be very sensitive to how much time people are prepared to give and how much they want to be involved in something . |
| 7 | But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it . |
| 8 | They want to be unhappy ! |
| 9 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 10 | They want to be slim of course , yet after months or years of dieting failure you would think that it was time to stop trying . |
| 11 | But they want to be ready , you see . |
| 12 | They decided , according to this writer , to bring up their babies alone because they want to be independent and manage their lives without a man . |
| 13 | They want to be relaxed and businesslike in the classroom and above all for the pupils to be willingly engaged in the process of learning . |
| 14 | Most European nations understand that , which is why they want to be active members of the European Community . |
| 15 | They want to be interested and happy . |
| 16 | Mr Bush 's men are trying to establish the administration 's authority : they want to be able to decide freely where the money goes and in what form ; and they want to be allowed to shift it at will from one country , and one programme , to another . |
| 17 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 18 | They want to be able to discuss and collaborate , and to feel part of a team . |
| 19 | They want to be able to do more than one thing with their lives — and they 're rather good at it . |
| 20 | Erm it , it would depend I suppose erm well the N F people they want to be able to change things you see . |
| 21 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
| 22 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 23 | Jackie Jackson , a girl shot putter whose parents were Jamaican , put it like this : ‘ No matter what they say , all black kids go through a phase when they want to be white … |
| 24 | Even when they wanted to be helpful , badly trained Soviet doctors and under-equipped scientists were a hindrance . |
| 25 | It was just the officers and the screws , not the boys , the boys was O.K. But it was just I turned as soon as I went in , right , as soon as they wanted to be helpful , right , a copper would go like that , ‘ You no got a fag , son ? ’ |
| 26 | Then , when they were sixteen and eighteen respectively , they told us they wanted to be married . |
| 27 | They want to feel that they are making a reasonable living , though they would n't be teachers if they wanted to be rich . |
| 28 | They thought that they were right about the war ; they did not like awkward gaps in conversation ; they wanted to be friendly to people they felt sorry for ; they felt the natural human contempt for the way in which the Almighty ran the universe and yet their full share of human resignation towards it . |
| 29 | They wanted to be able to tell their insurers , Lloyd 's of London , they 'd tried to sell the stones . |
| 30 | Bell vigorously resisted the attempts by Meese and others to foist on him people he regarded as unqualified ideologues ; he was convinced that movement conservatives wanted to infiltrate his department with appointees who shared their extreme views : ‘ They wanted to be able to monitor deliberations about proposed actions and have early warning of what might be brewing in suspect agencies . |