Example sentences of "wish [to-vb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it is up to boards of directors , executives and investment managers to decide whether they wish to invest in the short or long term . |
| 2 | Whatever the outcome of the Higginson Committee 's inquiry may be , if we are to see a radical improvement in secondary education , we must learn to think not merely of a new form of examination ( and therefore presumably a novel kind of syllabus that will lead to it ) but of a wholly new approach to those studies that we wish to retain in the sixth forms at school , and how these studies are to relate to the pupils ' next step , when they leave school . |
| 3 | Whether this clamour is loud enough to bring about so fundamental a change in the EEC at the very time when Community institutions wish to move in the opposite direction is a question which needs now to be addressed . |
| 4 | This is not because they wish to act in the public interest as exemplified in the values of their political masters , but rather because they wish to succeed in their careers and the way to do so is to appear efficient . |
| 5 | The great size of the Sports Hall does give tremendous pleasure to members who wish to join in the open sessions , and the picture of so many enthusiasts on the floor is particularly heartening to those who work so hard for the furtherance of the Society . |