Example sentences of "wish [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethnocide or something approaching it revolts him , but he does not usually wish to champion the preservation of cultures simply as museum pieces . |
| 2 | English Estates are moving ahead with the development of Chatham Maritime and although Mr. Ault assured me that the plaintiff did not wish to drive the dock company away , its operation is clearly less of a godsend than in 1983 and the desire is to curtail it . |
| 3 | I would be most grateful if you could pass this information on to any representative of your sport whom you think may wish to attend the conference . |
| 4 | The FA did n't wish to risk the boycott that hit Bobby Robson after losing all three matches in the 1988 European championship . |
| 5 | She had grey hair and did n't wish to emphasise the fact . |
| 6 | The principal objective of purchaser research is to identify companies in the same business sector which may wish to acquire the client 's business . |
| 7 | Defendants will not wish to lose the sympathy of the court by aggressively attacking the plaintiff 's disability status , especially when there is a second line of defence , to be discussed next . |
| 8 | Chairman , can we have your guidance on this , we have a report and we have a short video , by which I do mean a short video , do you wish to see the video , or do you wish to deal directly with the report ? |
| 9 | I will wish to see the report and its recommendations by1 July 1992 . |
| 10 | He will then wish to see the dog in motion . |
| 11 | CTI services are well used by academic staff and the University would wish to see the initiative continue . |
| 12 | The seller might wish to cancel the contract if it proves too difficult or costly to perform , but this is not a feature of the straightforward contracts that would be covered by the use of Precedent 1 . |
| 13 | The offeror will also wish to post the offer document as soon as possible following the announcement of the offer ( see para 13.4.3 below ) . |
| 14 | Many other writers working with similar concerns about the analysis of culture would wish to distance themselves from aspects of Montrose 's and Greenblatt 's orientation , though all would likely wish to acknowledge the influence of their work . |
| 15 | On the first part , I could quote to the House increased statistics for money spent on training , but I do not wish to mislead the House into thinking that there is any qualification that can guarantee against the abuse that we have seen . |
| 16 | Yesterday he smiled for the last time and said he did not wish to obstruct the work of Prime Minister Hans Modrow — who now constitutes , with a small group of associates from Dresden , the only remaining acceptable face of reform within the East German Communist Party . |
| 17 | The parties will probably wish to provide the expert with documents supporting their respective cases . |
| 18 | Nor do I wish to meet the man from the funeral . |
| 19 | There is no way in which I would wish to minimize the significance of ethnicity in relation to differentiation and the action consequences of that differentiation . |
| 20 | If a secretarial assistant does not wish to accept the invitation with its terms , we would not press the matter but the policy should be that we appoint no more off-the-payroll secretarial assistants and that the whole arrangement ends by April 1993 . |
| 21 | The CDP considered the paper from its Academic Affairs Committee , and agreed that ‘ the CNAA should be informed that the CDP did not wish to accept the form of partnership proposed in the discussion document ’ : the notion of a different approach leading to a better form of partnership should be explored . |
| 22 | I do not wish to circumvent the Council in this matter . |
| 23 | In no way did I wish to diminish the importance of these services or the importance of the people who worked in them . |
| 24 | The suggested meeting place is Knighton at 10:11 , since it has a special day return fare , but members may wish to catch the train at their nearest station . |
| 25 | Nor do they wish to condone the use of fighting or bullying by default , which means inaction . |
| 26 | Alternatively , the vendor may require the purchaser to assign to it all rights against third parties but the purchaser will wish to restrict the vendor 's ability to commence proceeding against customers as this may affect the goodwill of the business ; ( h ) to limit some of the warranties to the best of the vendor 's knowledge , information and belief . |
| 27 | In order to ensure an injunction will be available the vendor will wish to restrict the number of exemptions to the confidentiality obligation and hence minimise the risk of the injunction being overturned . |
| 28 | Clinton also admitted that , despite his objections to the war , he did not wish to resist the draft because he had already planned a political career and , therefore , wished " to maintain my political viability within the system " . |
| 29 | I would wish to resist the outburst of instrumentalism in the thinking of central government . |
| 30 | From that day on , every evening to the end of his life , the fisherman ate his fish and his wild herbs in contentment ; never again did he wish to visit the sea-king 's palace . |