Wish example sentences

Students may wish to consult (in addition to the Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary), the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner s English Dictionary, and the Word Master (Orient Longman), or any good dictionary of their choice.Whenever they wished to challenge a practice that seemed harmful, they tried to find a verse or sentence in the ancient sacred texts that supported their point of view.I wish to be placed in communication with our manned space probe to that ridiculous little planet we are going to put under our generous rulership.Soldiers, mostly peasants, wished to go home for the redistribution and deserted.A nondemocratic government may and can respond to the peoples needs, but it all depends on the wishes of the people who rule.Things may go wrong when some citizens may wish to take away the rights of others.Hostile aggression is that which is shown as an expression of anger towards the target, with the intention of harming her/ him, even if the aggressor does not wish to obtain anything from the victim.It offers better chances of a good decision, it is likely to respect people's own wishes and allows different kinds of people to live together.Yet, sometimes to our own surprise, we find that the salesperson has spoken to us for a few minutes and the conversation has ended with a purchase of what he or she wished to sell.Apparently, the authorities wished to consult their superiors.Parliamentarians wishing to preserve elected government, were opposed to the Tsar's desire to dissolve the Duma.They could do as they wished and no one could question them.Now my aunt's grandmother, wishing to make them a pleasant.Responses varied from those who accepted that some change was necessary but wished for a gradual shift, to those who wanted to restructure society radically.Suppose you have an endowment of rice which you do not wish to consume today entirely.