Example sentences of "[modal v] want [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally there is a strong reason for weaning from the breast as the mother may want to return to work , or may need to be separated from the child for some reason . |
| 2 | Mr , sorry I you may want to comment in fact about the relationship of these figures and the emerging policy in Cleveland . |
| 3 | for instance , you may want to know about training , holidays or canteen facilities ( see p. 27 on gathering background information ) ; |
| 4 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 5 | ‘ Now Mr Connon , I 'll want to talk at length to you about this , you realize . |
| 6 | If the recovery is faltering he 'll clearly want to be more keen to cut interest rates , and also he 'll want to take into account the effect of any tax increases he may introduce in his budget . |
| 7 | Perhaps I would n't like to stay there very long , because , as I said , I might want to go to school again . |
| 8 | To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday . |
| 9 | ( Who 'd want to go to bed with roses anyway , what a mad idea ! ) ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know if I 'd want to stay in teaching , I 'd quite like to have my own nursery school . |
| 11 | Apart from anything else , if prisons were places where criminals had to work , fewer of them would want to go to prison . |
| 12 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 13 | The first point that one would want to make in criticism of the gens theory is that , even if descent groups such as the Iroquois gens appear as undifferentiated communities from the point of view of an outsider , this is not so from the point of view of the member of a gens . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow raised a number of other important issues that we shall want to consider in Committee and , I hope , in response to consultation . |
| 15 | He says that shop stewards will want to talk to managment again . |
| 16 | There are no real features — a low relief gangway here , a slashed crack there , a stiffening of angle at two thirds height seize the imagination of the guide-writer more than that of the viewing climber , who will want to go from bottom to top by the smoothest and straightest way . |
| 17 | Age , sex and colour are other considerations that you will want to take into account . |
| 18 | Start collecting our superb free Gardeners ' Manual and month by month it will build into a reference book you will want to return to time and time again . |
| 19 | Indeed , the better the course , the more the students will feel welcome to offer their own insights , reactions and ideas to which the staff will want to respond in turn . |
| 20 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 21 | Is the Prime Minister aware , first , that people will want to study in detail what he has brought back and will need far more time to do that , and , secondly , that a treaty committing us to a European union probably represents an even bigger change than our entry into the Community in 1975 , the long-term effect of which over many Parliaments will be great ? |
| 22 | The discerning director will want to learn from counselling insights and skills ( disciplined listening , empathy , genuineness , appropriate confrontation ) together with an understanding of human personality , its development and needs . |
| 23 | The true cost of these is hidden , i.e. cover at workplace , cost of speakers etc. is minimal by comparison ’ — in general , there will be a limit to the amount of hidden costs any library department can or will want to absorb on training , in the face of competing priorities . |