Example sentences of "not want [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not want outside intervention in the collective bargaining process from representatives of more broadly-based trade unions since such interference could be inimical to the preservation of paternalistic employee relations within the undertaking ( Okochi et al . , |
| 2 | ‘ We do not want economic war with Russia , ’ Mr Otsason stresses . |
| 3 | I do not want central Government to say how many teachers should be at a school in Barnet or how much should be spent on books in Barnet . |
| 4 | ‘ Even with respect to the equality issue there will still only be a difference of degree ; the Conservatives might not want the income distribution to become far less equal than it is , and the Labour Party might not want complete equality of income distribution . ’ |
| 5 | I certainly did not want existing company schemes to collapse and saw no reason why this should happen . |
| 6 | An automatic machine does not want mere automata to look after it . |
| 7 | We do not want fossilised museum pieces of countryside but communities with jobs and a living , dynamic and healthy social fabric . |
| 8 | You 're heading off into a grand adventure , you might not want additional baggage . " |
| 9 | On the one hand , they did not want working class hooligans swarming all over the country causing mayhem . |
| 10 | The question remains , if the Irish do not want toxic waste , will Britain have to accept even more of it ? |
| 11 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 12 | Just as the creoles did not want good government manned by the civil servants of an absolute monarch , so they would not accept rule by a metropolitan parliament , managed by Spanish liberals . |
| 13 | Women compositors did not want equal pay , she wrote , for no girl of sense puts herself on the level of a comp all round but if the division of labour assigns her a task she can perform , what reason is there she should not do so ? |
| 14 | If the NEA is to survive , it will have to act responsibly vis-à-vis the electorate and the electorate does not want certain work funded . |
| 15 | The moguls of Thailand 's flourishing tourist industry do not want bad news to interfere with good times , especially among all those single men who crowd Bangkok airport . |
| 16 | Yet party leaders did not want direct control , in case TANU was banned : they wanted the paper to be able to continue even in the event of this happening . |
| 17 | Reflecting these last results is the finding that fixed-contract workers tended to have taken their temporary jobs in response to a lack of permanent work , whilst seasonal , temporary or casual workers had done so because they did not want permanent work . |
| 18 | However , as he is always telling us , he does not want local government to raise more cash . |
| 19 | The median voter , concerned about the welfare of the poorest in her locality , would not want local authority spending to increase if this increased the tax on the poorest members of the locality . |
| 20 | At the beginning of March , 75% of our supporters did not want Civic Forum to become a political party . |
| 21 | Is there anybody not want spare scrap paper . |
| 22 | People are not wanting good furniture . |
| 23 | The main reasons for not wanting immediate employment were to do with their children and their perceptions of their children 's needs . |
| 24 | The first six male entries drawn from the hat will receive a pair of GT 35s while the first six female entries will win a pair of Lady GTs — these are specially designed for women who tend not to want high ankle support . |
| 25 | Peggy had advised from the wings , but Eve did n't want outside charity . |
| 26 | You do n't want front wheel drive |
| 27 | You do n't want hot cross buns ? |
| 28 | She did n't want Roman thinking she was angling for sympathy . |
| 29 | So , got there , did n't want bloody car . |
| 30 | He said that David was getting ready to tour America , but he did n't want normal rock and roll people — he wanted weird , crazy people to be his staff and he asked whether we 'd do it . |