Example sentences of "[noun pl] want [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 2 | The judge can decide that what the parents want is n't in the child 's interests , and can order something else . |
| 3 | Mr Maclean said : ‘ You have big companies here who are trying to compete and the one thing these companies want is a level playing field . ’ |
| 4 | Top Olympic official Dick Pound angered riders throughout the world by declaring : ‘ All the owners want is a horse that wins an Olympic gold , then sell it and make a fortune . ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the history that nationalists want is not the history that professional academic historians , even ideologically committed ones , ought to supply . |
| 6 | Yasser Arafat sticks doggedly to the infinitely tortuous ‘ peace process ’ , never saying ‘ no ’ to the Americans , even though it is obvious to him that what the Israelis want is surely unique in the history of peace negotiations : to both set their agenda and to appoint the other side 's representatives . |
| 7 | All those bastards want is to let people choose the sex of their baby . |
| 8 | Browne says that what users want is ‘ real customer service that supports their business needs ’ . |
| 9 | There is a very big market for graphical user interfaces but it is very far from being the whole market , and it seems highly likely that what the majority of today 's dogged MS-DOS users want is simply a few further refinements to the operating system they are familiar with . |
| 10 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 11 | They have this extraordinary belief that all women want is hope and promise . |
| 12 | What women want is commitment , and if black men are not prepared to give it then they 'll get it wherever they can . ’ |
| 13 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 14 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |