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Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness followed by strength and thickness .

A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children.

A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.

People should eat much less if they wish to stay healthy and happy.

What should one do if he doesn't wish to fool himself?

After her unhappy marriage to a man who was trying to control her without considering her wishes and feelings ,she says, " it's very important to me to carry my own weight

We wish you success in your new business.

Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.

I wish Jane would call when she know she'll be late.

I wish we'd gone to the beach instead.

Well, I'm learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback

Actually, I'm on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it were with my friends instead.

And we wish the gentleman a speedy recovery.

The name of the TV show we wish to produce is Science Nation.

Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness 57% followed by strength 45% and thickness 36%.

A tax on upstream carbon sources is one easy way to put a price on carbon emissions, although some countries may wish to use other methods, such as emissions trading schemes.

The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European, Australasian and North American states are over, said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica.

It's possible to admire Oprah Winfrey and still wish Harvard hadn't awarded her an honorary doctor of law degree and the commencement(畢業(yè)典禮)speaker spot at yesterday's graduation.

Few of us wish to turn the clock back, but perhaps we need to remind ourselves how useful the right obstacles can be.

According to the college, the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated student who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees.

Those that wish to tackle tradition and make American campus more cost-conscious may find it easier to take Trachtenberg's advice: open campuses year-round

He wishes to receive formal training in gardening.

Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.

We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.

Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this zinfandel.

Hello, I wish to buy a bottle of wine.

I wish I could buy more organic produce from here, but I find the kids don't like it.

A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence.

As long as one doesn't come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.

Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.

I smiled and wished her a pleasant day.

I sometimes wished to find another agent.

I turned around and saw a pleasant woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip.

I wish I danced as well as her.

I wish I had been at my sister's wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then.

I wish I knew the times of the trains to London.

If volunteer positions do not meet these needs, people may not wish to participate.

She wishes to go back to her home country.

Sorry, I just wish they didn't give me so many choices.

To select volunteers, you may need to understand the motivations of the people you wish to attract.

Unfortunately, these programs can shift people's wish of participation from an internal factor.

We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.

As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on.

The administration was in essence asserting that because it didn't want to carry out Congress's immigration wishes,no state should be allowed to do so either.

In this as in much else, those who wish to influence the future must prepare for it.

His father was a clerk in the British navy pay office –a respectable position, but wish little social status.

As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don't get the nod also may wish to move on.

You wish that you could turn back the clock and start over.