Example sentences of "want [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services . |
| 2 | No one , of course , would want to compare the first week of school term with the outbreak of a world war , but we are at the beginning of a New Year and a gateway to the future . |
| 3 | If I told you I want to install the first tube of the bridge next March or thereabouts , what 'd you say ? ’ |
| 4 | That is the very year that Manchester , spearheaded by Anne , want to host the first Olympics of the new century . |
| 5 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 6 | The seminars , which will be held in Dundee and Glasgow , will focus on the second phase of general SVQs , though they may also include workshops for centres wanting to pilot the first batch of awards for the first time . |
| 7 | You do n't want to spend the first morning of your honeymoon trying to re-do it yourself , so it is probably as well to stick to something simple . |
| 8 | He also wanted to publish the next volume of the Cantos as soon as possible , in order to bolster Pound 's reputation , although he had expressed private reservations that the most recent work was not of so high a standard as the rest . |