Example sentences of "not want a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instinctively , she understood that Ceauşescu would not want a standard architect 's model made from cheap materials with only general hints at the building 's style and decoration . |
| 2 | Two-thirds of part-time workers surveyed in 1990 did not want a full-time job ( Dept. of Employment 1991 ) . |
| 3 | Lord John Russell , who at that time was not a member of Palmerston 's Government , said that he had heard that Panmure did not want a new building for the War Department , and he hoped that : |
| 4 | The SEA was a compromise between those countries such as France and Germany who wanted a new Treaty on European Union , and the UK and Denmark who did not want a new Treaty , but simply the implementation of the White Paper in order to create an SEM . |
| 5 | City sources indicated they did not want a wide-ranging Budget that would tackle much-needed reforms such as mortgage tax relief and that it would be better for the Chancellor to do as little as possible . |
| 6 | Manager McGrath has watched as both Cavan and Fermanagh have been caught napping in the championship so far and does not want a similar fate to befall his side . |
| 7 | Like Angela she would not want a poor doctor , and sooner or later would tire of her play-acting and retire back to that world — he wondered why she had left it , and what she thought that she was doing here in the East End , so far from her family and friends . |
| 8 | I want his mates to hear the gospel and besides that Billy would not want a sad funeral , so I think you should preach , Dad . ’ |
| 9 | Unless there is a well-trained intelligence to begin with , the continual performance of a single task will reduce the man to the level of a machine … the employer does not want a mere machine … |
| 10 | She did not want a small army camping indefinitely among her flowerbeds and rose bushes . |
| 11 | For those who do not want a federal future for this country there are many reasons for concern in the Prime Minister 's statement on the treaty of union . |
| 12 | She did not want a prolonged discussion , she wanted only that he should go away . |
| 13 | Winnie did not want a married couple , and such a minute flat would not be suitable for people with babies or pets . |
| 14 | I did not want a post-modernist confusion . |
| 15 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , Member for Brent North and a former minister , said this , also on 8 May 1992 : ‘ I certainly do not want a common currency or a central bank . |
| 16 | He did not want a classical house , but something cosy and as English as could be . |
| 17 | While it may be pleasant to have a young exuberant puppy bounding out to greet you with great enthusiasm , you do not want a large adult dog behaving in a similar fashion , leaping up and bowling people onto the floor . |
| 18 | So it 's definitely the latter , we are developing a fully capable Eurofighter two thousand aircraft and if erm any of our four participating nations do not want a particular facility then we will make provision for them to leave that out in production and if an export customer does not require the full range of capabilities we can also remove them for that export customer . |
| 19 | More than four out of ten men gave this as their reason for taking temporary work and only 16 per cent claimed they did not want a permanent job . |
| 20 | Of those temporary workers who did not want a permanent job , nearly half ( 47 per cent ) had been economically inactive one year previously , and less than two per cent had been unemployed . |
| 21 | Women ( particularly married women ) , those with part-time and those with seasonal , temporary or casual jobs , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they did not want a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " voluntary " temporary workers . |
| 22 | Rather more than a quarter did not want a permanent job . |
| 23 | There were substantial differences between men and women , with four in ten of the former giving this as their principal reason and only 16 per cent claiming they did not want a permanent job . |
| 24 | For married women the tendency was even more pronounced , as it also was for part-time temporary workers ( 43 per cent did not want a permanent job against 8 per cent of full- timers ) and for those with seasonal , temporary or casual as opposed to fixed-term contract jobs ( 36 per cent against 10 per cent ) . |
| 25 | It is essential , however — if we do not want a united states of Europe to retain the right , within a co-operative framework to try to forge a consensus on foreign policy — to make our own decisions . |
| 26 | As we shall see later , these command driven data management systems offer an attractive opt ion to those users who do not want a packaged solution . |
| 27 | It was more likely that fitzAlan did not want a distraught woman on his hands . |
| 28 | He would not want a spoiled thing ! |
| 29 | On the other hand , for women not wanting a permanent job was the single most important reason given , and a considerably smaller share said they were working on a temporary basis because permanent work was not available . |
| 30 | Agency workers , too , were more likely to give not wanting a permanent job as their reason for working on a temporary basis . |