Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I would prefer to see the medical charities emphasizing the large amount of research they sponsor into alternatives to the use of animals , rather than making a big fuss out of this ’ , says Michael Balls , chairman of the trustees of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments , and until recently professor of medical cell biology at the University of Nottingham . |
| 32 | I did not want to mirror the face-value language , the physiognomy of the architecture . |
| 33 | That is , if you do n't want to risk a 10 ft sunflower towering out of your windowbox . |
| 34 | Even though some minor changes may subsequently be necessary in order to conform with the directive , the government does n't want to risk a further period of delay before bringing these necessary measures into effect . |
| 35 | Do you want to come back on that Mr or do you want to wait a few moments ? |
| 36 | If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want . |
| 37 | Several of the teachers used ‘ group building ’ activities to help children to feel good about one another and about themselves , so that they would want to enjoy the social benefits of working together , as well as the benefits of sharing ideas . |
| 38 | She did n't think to compare the German-speaking neighbourhood to Spitalflelds or the East End . |
| 39 | Do n't you ever want to paint a different picture ? ’ |
| 40 | Yet German setbacks did not make Franco rush to embrace the Allied cause . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | Or you may want to compare the alcoholic strength of one wine or beer with another . |
| 43 | No it does n't hurt to write a few letters . |
| 44 | She did not want to accept a third coffee . |
| 45 | RE must endeavour to revive the natural awareness and sensitivity which most likely has been lost by middle junior school , and apply this recovered awareness to the religious vocabulary which pupils need to understand in order to make sense of religion . |
| 46 | I do n't want to write a political summary — you get that , I 'm sure , from the papers . |
| 47 | Certainly we should want to provide a comfortable home full of modern appliances for our families . |
| 48 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
| 49 | Debora Mackenzie may be the only journalist in Europe who does n't want to find the missing Seveso dioxin ( or some such ) … |
| 50 | You 're the Carrot and I do n't want to meet the other fellah . |
| 51 | However , if you do want to try a specific activity , there are many more available now which are community-based , such as swimming , keep fit , aerobics , cycling , jogging , tennis and squash . |
| 52 | Of course there 's always a ‘ trainspotter ’ element in any specialist field , and I guess those people would want to know every exact detail . |
| 53 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 54 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |
| 55 | It may be an absolutely true statement , but it does nothing whatsoever to give any guidance as to the ways in which performance may be improved and merely passes a message down the line that those at the top do not want to know the bad news and would like to dissociate themselves from it . |
| 56 | ‘ He does n't want to know the whole picture anymore . |
| 57 | I , I do n't believe , I do n't want to impose a particular word , and if communitarianism is a difficulty then I , I accept that . |
| 58 | Freud thought that the masses were lazy , and did not want to impose the instinctual renunciations necessary for civilization on themselves . |
| 59 | Few claimants will want to attract the social stigma which attaches to a characterisation of a person as disabled . |
| 60 | Nor when the Tory press informs us , as it does unceasingly , that ‘ Britain has a profound tradition of unregimented , tolerant order ’ should we rush to indict the historical embroidery of newspaper editors . |