Example sentences of "[art] desire [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profit commented : ‘ The desire to reach the summit , the anguish there would have been if we 'd come close but misses it , pushed us forward , despite our exhaustion . |
| 2 | For David Prentice the desire to paint the landscape encompasses much more than simply an aim to record its appearance |
| 3 | A cat inhibits the desire to chase the bird until it is ready so that it has the highest chance of success . |
| 4 | The feel of the natural wood itself is a very sensual thing , and the desire to pick the instrument up is considerably enhanced , which is in no way a bad thing . |
| 5 | Sonnet 108 challenges abruptly all the founts of invention : The answer is predictable , inevitable , right : Those four lines could stand as a motto for the whole sequence , with there reworking from a fresh direction of the desire to celebrate the other from which Shakespeare started . |
| 6 | Although Bozo 's appointment is being presented as a natural consequence of the desire to reunite the Centre 's four sections , it is clear that his presidency will give the museum a bigger say than in the past and ensure that , where funding is concerned , it is no longer the poor relation of the IRCAM . |
| 7 | The desire to teach the experts a lesson took on manic proportions . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Almost certainly linked with this reasoning , however , is the desire to preserve the field man 's credibility in the eyes of the discharger by demonstrably not tolerating a degree of pollution which may be seen as ‘ getting away with it ’ . |
| 11 | This principle stems from the desire to preserve the value of the company 's assets for the benefit of all creditors once it becomes insolvent . |
| 12 | She tried to smile , faint with the desire to stop the pretence . |
| 13 | Other policy-makers were similarly torn between the desire to stop the crisis and to avoid a lasting rift with the British . |
| 14 | Many observers saw her wish to return as also motivated by the desire to use the Marcos patronage network to participate ( directly or indirectly ) in the 1992 elections . |
| 15 | The contributors to Passion have expressed the desire to support the Project not for financial gain or fame ( although these are by-products on occasion ! ) . |
| 16 | Childbearing — reproduction of ourselves , the desire to continue the family and race , and ideas of lineage are deep and complex feelings . |
| 17 | ‘ On the evidence the desire to strike was the cause of the injury to the plaintiffs rather than the desire to injure the plaintiffs being the cause of the strike . ’ |
| 18 | Firm I 's pessimism may be more readily justified if the competition between the firms is so intense that Firm II's choice of action is solely motivated by the desire to minimise the profits made by Firm I. This supposition is obviously too extreme to be realistic , but its relaxation involves further problems into which we shall not enter here . |
| 19 | Finally there is the desire to minimise the risk that an accused will be convicted on the strength of an untrue extra-judicial confession , to which the law gives effect by refusing to admit confessions in evidence except upon proof that they are ‘ voluntary . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ the desire to minimise the risk that an accused will be convicted on the strength of an untrue extra-judicial confession , to which the law gives effect by refusing to admit confessions in evidence except upon proof that they are ‘ voluntary . ’ |
| 21 | This initial impetus is soon deflected into side-purposes , into the desire to explore the extent of the tycoon 's estate and — even more thrilling to Oedipa — to confirm the existence of a secret society from the seventeenth century to the present . |
| 22 | An evident interest , shared by many of the group members , is the desire to explore the pleasures of paint coupled with an sensual delight in the decorative aspects of design — be it the tangible substance and glowing colours of woven , embroidered and printed textiles , or the flowing line of a fashion garment , or the presence of domestic artefacts . |
| 23 | It must be said that the catalogue entry here is slightly misleading in the desire to rebut the idea that this represents a ‘ femme-fatale ’ . |
| 24 | Apparently prompted by the desire to avoid the creation of a political vacuum , the HCR decided that Eyadema could chair Cabinet meetings and represent the state abroad . |
| 25 | But it is only in the last 30 years that Australia has secured the knowledge , technique and the desire to produce the sort of subtle , light wines which we enjoy — and at which Australia excels . |
| 26 | The desire to modernise the UKCC and the national boards , and to condition them for the 1990s is uncontentious and is supported by the Opposition , by the professional organisations and by the health unions . |
| 27 | The second common motivation is the desire to increase the use of the stock — either by improving its appearance , so as to attract more users to the library , and/or by providing easier access to elements of the stock which are worthwhile , by removing the dead wood . |
| 28 | But the tide runs deeper than that , and it is surely at one with the desire to reassert the place of the human figure at the heart of all forms of creative life . |
| 29 | Men were also led to become soldiers by the desire to escape the monotony , drudgery and narrow horizons of rural life , or by a difficult domestic situation . |
| 30 | For example the desire to escape your humdrum existence back here , er the desire to escape the family , er to have someone moaning at you continually , these are all important factors which add on . |