Example sentences of "want [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is a particular shame for Neil because there were far worse things going on in the game but some people only want to see the dark side of him . |
| 2 | well we 've erm we 've erm we 've been rather tempted by the west coast er I personally want to see the Grand Canyon and erm I 'd like to see San Francisco so the package which is being offered to the Boots Association with whom we 've been away several times and we lo we like it as , as a , as a background because you 've got a rough idea , you know , the people you 're going with |
| 3 | " We want to see the Chief Rabbit , " said Hazel . |
| 4 | Some " birds " nests are hemispherical , but only on the inside ; you must cut a honeycomb with a sharp knife if you want to see the accurate hexagons of its construction ; the geometry of spiders ' webs is astonishing but much less regular than it at first appears . |
| 5 | Leading the first contingent will be Japan and Norway , which want to see the current moratorium on commercial whaling lifted . |
| 6 | John Evans says : ‘ We 're very concerned about these abuses and we want to see the 1987 Consumer Protection Act stiffened . |
| 7 | I want to see the right kind of deal for electricity consumers in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | Novels are much more difficult to place and from a new writer , publishers normally want to see the whole book . |
| 9 | On a visit to the United States on May 19-21 Kohl , accompanied by Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher , assured his hosts that his government did " not want to see the long-standing Atlantic alliance in any way weakened , still less replaced by a European structure " . |
| 10 | ‘ The only way we can know that people want to see the Fun Factory becoming a success is if they vote with their feet and come to a meeting to show their support . ’ |
| 11 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 12 | I want to see the National Health Service properly financed ’ . |
| 13 | Thus we want to see the representational role of the newly juxtaposed elements as recognisably preserved within , and thereby helping to determine the new representational role of , the new signal in which they occur . |
| 14 | We want to see the British standard on vehicle security adopted as a compulsory European Community directive . |
| 15 | Only if you want to go the whole way and produce typeset quality data will you ever need to consider anything better than VGA . |
| 16 | Sooner or later I want to acquire the full range of British birds of prey , and the next bird I hope to work with is a goshawk . |
| 17 | With a traditional spreadsheet , if you 've got 5,000 product types , and you want to perform the same calculation on each — for instance subtract the costs from the sale price — you have to duplicate the formula 5,000 times . |
| 18 | President , colleagues , I am so proud and honoured to receive this gold badge , more so because this is the award given to me by you President , I do want to thank a number of people I also want to thank the regional secretary , Steve , who thank you , Steven , for your support and guidance . |
| 19 | And you put up with his way of making decisions for you , even if , one day , you wake up and want to wear the green skirt he hates , watch Morse which he ca n't stand … |
| 20 | Those who want to preserve the British coal industry point to the irony of the situation : just as technology is finding ways to make coal a cheaper , cleaner source of energy , British pits are closing down . |
| 21 | We want to preserve the special character of our old town and city centres . |
| 22 | In this introductory chapter I therefore want to connect the two themes of the sociological neglect of housework , and the wider issue of the bias against women in sociology as a whole . |
| 23 | We want to restore the good image of football . |
| 24 | That 's jobs , that 's where you you say you want to support the private sector and the building trade to bring more jobs . |
| 25 | If we want to support the United Nations in its role and in the reorganisations that we have suggested , it is essential that we vote the means for that as well as talking about it . |
| 26 | We want to catch the floating voters and show that a vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote wasted as it would help put Mr Kinnock in at No 10 . ’ |
| 27 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 28 | I want to catch the same train out you see |
| 29 | Those who broke into the inn tonight want to find the same treasure . |
| 30 | If you want to know the real effects of International Monetary Fund policies , this is the place to find out . |