Example sentences of "wish [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some leave it all to officers and concentrate on policy issues in council and committee meetings , whereas others wish to know details of particular cases and administrative decisions . |
| 2 | And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this . |
| 3 | The course has been designed for students who wish to become teachers in primary schools ( that is , to teach children in the age range 4/5–11 years ) . |
| 4 | If taxpayers wish to make gifts to such trusts then they have to look for their exemptions elsewhere . |
| 5 | But Lily , suddenly desperate to go , had argued : ‘ They wish to make amends for this morning — they must be allowed … ’ |