Example sentences of "they want [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very few of them believe there is any magic ( if ever there was ) in the business and almost all of them want to understand the process and expect executive search consultants to provide that knowledge . |
| 2 | ‘ They want to retain the character of the building , ’ says Nick Wood . |
| 3 | People who come on a timber frame construction course , for instance , will come along because they want to use the technique , perhaps for an extension to their home . |
| 4 | You 've got ta probe and establish the reasons why I 'm gon na talk to him and most people it 's , it 's , it 's a lie , they 're not gon na talk to him , they want to use the accountant as a reason to say oh erm I 'm , I ca n't do it this time the accountant said no or I 've not spoken to him yet I 'll have to put it off for a , for a bit longer |
| 5 | Asked whether he felt Wimbledon should replace grass courts with some other surface he replied firmly , ‘ yes , of course … if they want to destroy The Championships . ’ |
| 6 | Farmers may have to reduce their herds by up to a quarter if they want to save the country 's forest , the group says . |
| 7 | The developers at the centre of the row claim they want to save the hill from stagnation rather than destroy it . |
| 8 | Even the most obtuse of the Hindi fanatics will have to , willy nilly , sooner or later , accept the logic of the situation : if they want to save the nation , they have to put up with English . |
| 9 | They want to reintroduce the bill President Bush vetoed last year ; they claim it will merely allow blacks to sue those who discriminate against them . |
| 10 | But Calverton 's six hundred and forty miners must wait another twenty four hours before hearing their fate because the Coal Board have refused to say whether they want to close the pit or reduce its workforce . |
| 11 | They want to cancel the deal . |
| 12 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 13 | So these guys undergo these horrifying initiation rituals to prove you know that they want to join the club band and i if they pass the initiation test then they 're joined in and then they 're given a wife . |
| 14 | They want to see the elimination of the use of knives in crimes of violence , but their approach is that the law is adequate to deal with the problem and that nothing needs to be changed . |
| 15 | It 's when they start getting round to looking at our facility agreements , start looking at how we 're organizing , the councillors , even if it 's the Labour Council as it is Manchester , will soon cotton on to the , in the , soon cotton to their , their , their potential power in terms of threatening our ability to organize and UNISON wo n't actually be that far behind persuading them to do , to do that because they want to see the G M B getting smashed in local authorities up and down the country which means as far as I can see , we need some resources coming in to assist in our branches with local authority membership pretty damn quick , because otherwise we , come July the first , we 're gon na find we 'll be up against it . |
| 16 | They want to see the road plan sent back to the drawing board . |
| 17 | Like thousands more around the country who shared their horror , they want to see the killer paying a fitting price for taking her life . |
| 18 | Students want a rapid return of tests for three reasons : they like to feel that they are not being neglected and that correcting their work is considered important by the tutors ; they want to see the result of their attempts while they are still fresh from their memories and they need to see the results of tests before attempting the next one , since tutors may well make comments which will help them to improve . |
| 19 | While we do this we must beware of those who are so hungry for authority in our societies that they want to press the authority of the Bible over men and the Church in such a way as to lead to extravagance or to sectarianism . |
| 20 | I think it 's a sort of a bribe they have to offer because otherwise the people wont go , and they want to control the population . |
| 21 | They want to tire the fish in the drag . |
| 22 | Erm he , he 's saying , he 's saying here that basically Chiang Kai-Shek erm and all the people of have s have talked about the fact that erm , you know , they wa they want to arouse the masses of the people but then that they 're gon na be scared to death when the masses do rise . |
| 23 | and secondly it 's coming to the end of the financial year and this is when they want to spend the money . |
| 24 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 25 | They want to widen the law under which under-14s can be jailed only for murder or manslaughter . |
| 26 | We understand they want to give the impression that the scope of the common desktop is well understood — but in the full knowledge that underneath , the details have not been fully worked out . |
| 27 | We understand they want to give the impression that the scope of the common desktop is well understood — but in the full knowledge that underneath , the details have not been fully worked out . |
| 28 | They want to give the party a new name and place the emphasis on ‘ international socialist traditions , ’ including pacifism and social democracy . |
| 29 | I think they want to sell the papers on Saturday . |
| 30 | There are rooms booked in the hotel if they want to take the opportunity of visiting relatives but I do n't expect them in Dublin until two days before we play . |