Example sentences of "does [adv] want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | An early passage separates this man , who does not want to be nothing , from the trading elders of his family — pessimists who could take risks , and were consoled by their religion . |
| 2 | H&C 's management knows where it does not want to be , and has distanced itself from the previously volatile structure with some skill . |
| 3 | It is , I decide , not my fault either that I am a human being who does not want to be eaten alive . |
| 4 | EFTA does not want to be a ‘ kindergarten ’ for East European countries embarking on the path to market economies , but the looser 23-nation Council of Europe — to which Hungary has already sought entry — might be asked to play this role once democratic elections are held in individual east European countries . |
| 5 | But it 's emotionally draining living here with someone who does not want to be here . ’ |
| 6 | The government wants to tighten immigration controls , but it does not want to be seen as anti-Semitic . |
| 7 | Its leaders say it does not want to be responsible for any disturbances . |
| 8 | Any new government which does not want to be caught out should draft the necessary statute changes as a priority . |
| 9 | It is time to take into account the feelings and views of the ‘ natives ’ and to make it quite clear that anyone who does not want to be part of the family should n't come to the house . |
| 10 | And while he accepts that a lack of funds could be a serious obstacle to change , he does not want to be ‘ mesmerised by difficulties ’ . |
| 11 | No one can deny that he is more exciting , excitable and unconventional , with a mix of old and new Hollywood rolled up into a package that mixes James Dean with Humphrey Bogart , though Nicholson insists that he does not want to be compared with anyone . |
| 12 | The trainer then has to decide whether the horse is being rather stubborn and refuses to work because he does not want to or because there is something preventing him from relaxing and settling down . |
| 13 | This person does not want to be meddled or interfered with in this state ; everything is a burden and they do not want to be disturbed . |
| 14 | The sick child does not want to be touched or sometimes even looked at . |
| 15 | He said he does not want to be late returning home . |
| 16 | A 63-year-old property developer who does not want to be named , he is one of the wealthiest men on the island . |
| 17 | Today the detective constable 's wife — who does not want to be named — faces exploratory surgery after a lump was found in a breast . |
| 18 | Any training should be user-friendly to a naïve user — a doctor or warehouse clerk does not want to be concerned with the segmentation required for handwriting recognition . |
| 19 | In fact I have not met a single teacher who does not want to be their best and do their best for young people , even though what this means in practice is very different for different teachers . |
| 20 | Of course , ‘ capitalism ’ is not identified as such , just as Barthes ( 1972 ) has claimed that the bourgeoisie is ‘ the social class which does not want to be named ’ , and just as the YCs themselves preferred the label of ‘ ordinary ’ to a class identification . |
| 21 | This is a sort of notional rent payment , though it is not called that because social security does not want to be seen as having returned to paying rents . |
| 22 | Israel will not be forced to attend a Middle East peace conference over the Palestinian issue after the war is over if it does not want to — and it certainly does not . |
| 23 | Apart from the wish not to annoy members or waste money on postage and printing , the Trust does not want to be anti-environmental in its use of paper . |
| 24 | Many other obstacles to review , such as collusive disregard of inconvenient problems , when management of an institution prefers not to recognize a problem , and a course team does not want to be seen either as having problems , or as inconveniencing management , must be addressed by incorporating external expertise into the review process at judicious points . |
| 25 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the CBI , in its publication , ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ , drew attention to the fact that industry does not want to be organised , run and intervened in by TV producers , social workers and others ? |
| 26 | He does not want to be probed on questions of public expenditure relating to the Labour party and its tax proposals . |
| 27 | If the Secretary of State for Education and Science does not want to be charged with the suppression of evidence , the Leader of the House should appeal to him to come clean , go public and reveal the evidence . |
| 28 | The Library specifically does not want to be involved in Public Services ’ commercial loan scheme for publishers . |
| 29 | She does not want to be treated like a star . ’ |
| 30 | " If a prisoner does not escape from here , it is because he does not want to , " said the state government 's acting secretary , Americo Carneiro Paes . |