Sentence examples for firm desires from inspiring English sources

An unmet need for family planning may exist in rural areas; however, providing contraceptives may not reduce this unmet need if women and their partners a) do not approve of family planning, b) lack firm desires to delay or limit childbearing, or c) do not find that the available methods meet their needs.

"I have a very firm desire to see my country in a different place.

The police say that much has changed over the past decade and there is now a firm desire throughout policing, especially within its leadership, to tackle racism more robustly.

Finally, Ginsberg would partially fulfill what one punk rock musician from the 1980s called his firm desire "to be a rock star," by working with, among others, Joe Strummer of the Clash and Paul McCartney.

Although there is great apprehension in China about the social effects of lower tariffs and investment barriers, top leaders have repeatedly stated their firm desire to join the trade group.

Kompany is set to miss a minimum of four weeks and though there remains a firm desire from the player and Guardiola to try to re-establish him on a permanent basis, the prospect becomes more remote with each fresh blow.

But it may be only public opinion -- perhaps the neighborhood's firm desire to avoid a messy end to Occupy Wall Street -- that keeps Trotsky Alley open.

In "Mockingbird," Scout remarks of a tea party: "Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere" -- and the feeling in town is a little like that tea party, according to Crissy Nettles, who played Miss Stephanie in a staging of the play at the courthouse this past spring with the Mockingbird Players.

The firms' desire to jump in makes perfect sense.

This may be why private equity investing abroad has grown relatively slowly compared with the regions that the firms desire to invest in.

The biggest obstacle to foreign investment, though, appears to be foreign firms' desire to distance themselves from local mining companies and their chaotic practices.