Example sentences of "desire to improve the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still others go through the motions but without any real desire to improve the relationship . |
| 2 | Charities give varying reasons for entering the Annual Report and Accounts Award , from wanting to know if their report 's overall structure is moving in the right direction , to learning from specific judges ' criticisms , but in the end , they all boil down to a desire to improve the standard of their accounts . |
| 3 | Hence the motive for commercialisation of the peasant created a convergence between a philanthropic desire to improve the lot of the peasant and to serve the economic interests of mining companies and colonial administrators . |
| 4 | The Bank 's shareholders have welcomed the institution 's own desire to improve the implementation of its projects . |
| 5 | Reformers who advocated social welfare regulation were motivated by ideals , but also by the desire to improve the productivity of the working class and to attract its support for particular political causes . |
| 6 | Within GIS the unique appeal of the GUI has been the desire to improve the ease of use for systems involving complex graphical display and spatial manipulation . |