Example sentences of "wanted see [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused to comment on Pittencrieff 's intentions for its recently-acquired 16.6 per cent stake in Aberdeen Petroleum , but said Pittencrieff had made it clear it wanted to see rationalisation among the smaller oil companies . |
| 2 | The peasantry wanted noble land without paying compensation ; they wanted to see taxation and conscription done away with . |
| 3 | And a quarter of those questioned even wanted to see sex education taught to children under 10 . |
| 4 | They wanted to see a battleship launched , they wanted to see Royalty in action , they wanted to see anything that was happening which was an event in the world , and so cameramen like George Albert Smith , and eventually George Albert Smith 's staff , would go out around the world , much as it would happen now but in a much simpler way , erm to make actuality pictures . |
| 5 | He told a packed meeting that he was opposed to discrimination against lesbians and gay men , and , further , that he wanted to see homosexuality regarded as being equally as valid as heterosexuality . |
| 6 | She wanted to see dad . |
| 7 | Radicals wanted to see progress towards humankind as the central theme , but conservatives like Owen , worried about the status of the human soul , preferred more complex patterns of development that allowed for entirely new levels of organization to be introduced from time to time . |
| 8 | In practice ( and in the short run ) , however , they wanted to see government by the " fittest " . |
| 9 | Above all , however , I wanted to see change and recovery . |
| 10 | Her mother identified three problem areas in which she wanted to see change : |
| 11 | A councillor member of a housing committee wanted to see information in a social services file on prospective adopting parents as she doubted their suitability as adopters . |
| 12 | Mouth dry , heart thumping , she just wanted to see Fen again , to see if that quivering tension could be rekindled between them , brought to some conclusion . |
| 13 | Some of the older clubs were narrowly evangelical , but Russell wanted to see religion used ‘ to comprehend all the impalpable influences which give a club a grip on its boys and tend to awaken their higher nature or further their spiritual development ’ . |
| 14 | Obviously , he wanted to see blood , and did n't much care whose it was . |
| 15 | He told us last May he wanted to see freight switched from road to rail . |
| 16 | Interestingly , among women aged under 35 only 20% wanted to see abortion remain illegal under all circumstances . |