Example sentences of "they wish [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would suggest that the major item which the government has to give priority to is unemployment , especially if they wish to continue in office after three years , which I forecast could be the timing of the next general election if all goes well . |
| 2 | They wish to indulge in sex play of the type in which children , under the age of five or six , engage . |
| 3 | There is , she says , a serious shortage of nursery places which means that , if they wish to return to work , women are forced to rely on other sources of childcare . |
| 4 | Police have taken the unusual step of naming and releasing the photograph of a man they wish to question in connection with an alleged double rape of a teenager . |
| 5 | Treaty relationships are consensual , and third parties must decide what claims they wish to make with respect to the relationship from which they are excluded . |
| 6 | Why should it not be left to individual members of the Bar to decide whether they wish to specialise in advocacy ? |