Example sentences of "want set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 . |
| 2 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 3 | She says she does n't really want to earn money from the revelations but simply wants to set the story of the Yorks ' marriage straight . |
| 4 | Such delays do not help the plaintiff who wants to set the record straight , but they are equally unpleasant for defendants , who face escalating costs and witness difficulties . |
| 5 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 6 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 7 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never had much to do with village life , but I believe one has to be very careful , ’ she explained ; ‘ and we do n't want to set the place by the ears the moment we 've arrived . |
| 9 | We do n't want to set the place alight . ’ |
| 10 | Even where society relies on private agencies to monitor regulations , society will probably want to set the standards itself . |
| 11 | We wanted to set the harddisk back inside the casing to allow for a cover plate , so the assembly had to be inserted from the inside . |
| 12 | It is very common to find that the combination of the adverbal adjective and its preceding verb can be matched by a single verb , without any change at all in the overall syntactic pattern or in the meaning : 14 ( a ) you should make the string longer you should lengthen the string ( b ) his sister wanted to set the owl free his sister wanted to release the owl or his sister wanted to free the owl ( c ) Liz had knocked her fiancè unconscious Liz had stunned her fiancè ( The same remark can be made of what are plainly close relatives of this construction , namely separable verbs where the second part is an adverb , or " particle " , as with put up ( = accommodate ) , or pull off ( = achieve . ) |
| 13 | Reaching an appropriate sociability and the business to be won or lost short space of time and wanted to set the scene and make a right , a right impression at the right . |
| 14 | ’ Kilmarnock gave us a doing the last time we played them so we wanted to set the record straight . |