Sentence examples for both be desperate to from inspiring English sources

It still doesn't have a festival date (though Venice and Toronto would both be desperate to have it as a last-minute add).

Why should the United States and Europe duke it out for orders when, in another 20 years, they will both be desperate to save their defense industries from being overtaken by China and India?

Both were desperate to show their voters that their frigid relationship has warmed.

Both are desperate to keep their places at the top table of world politics.

Pre-teens Tim and Lex seem better off in the original Jurassic film for having learned how to survive a family schism though both are desperate to make friends with Dr. Grant, whose first on-screen encounter with a child involves stabbing the air with a raptor claw.

They have a 'live-or-die' nature to them and both teams will be desperate to advance.

You also know that both parties will be desperate to talk to you to get your support in forming a government.

After Russia also lost their first match - 3-1 against France - both sides will be desperate to earn their first points of the tournament.

England will be desperate to have both but the sort of stomach virus which has affected several members of the touring party in the past three weeks usually leaves the patient lighter and enfeebled for a few days.

"Look, both sides are desperate to win.

After all, mutualising the public sector is a vision that both Gordon Brown and David Cameron are desperate to claim.