Sentence examples for the basic desire from inspiring English sources

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This still looks a deal motivated mostly by the basic desire to be bigger.

An hour in a nursery will remind you that the decline of the two-parent family hasn't eliminated the basic desire of children to know their parents.

In his best work, Collins turned the basic desire to know — why the woman ran away, what evil secret the villain is guarding, what disguise or violence the hero will resort to — into something strangely metaphysical, so that the question "What happens next?" leads to the question "Who am I?" Born in London in 1824, Collins grew up surrounded by art and artists.

These procedures might sound like superficial beautifiers for precocious adolescents, but the impetus to have them is typically fueled by the basic desire to fit in, suggested Dr. Laura Kastner, a psychologist specializing in teenagers and a clinical associate professor at the University of Washington.

"How do you do that in a world where the basic desire is to grow until you serve all 8 billion people on the planet?" Tom Slee, the author of What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy, has concerns about the consequences of infinite growth.

There are various reasons for that: the basic desire of reputable financial institutions not to facilitate illicit conduct, the challenge of identifying the individual bad actors, a weighing of the commercial benefit verses the cost of compliance and, of course, fear of enforcement," said Levey.

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Beyond the basic desires which most individuals experience during this time, researchers have noted the relative significance of dating, not only for individuals but also for societies.

Taking into account previous studies about the psychological constructs involved in exploratory behaviour, the agent is equipped in advance with the basic desires for maximal information gain (reduce curiosity), and maximal surprise.

Beneath the cosplay, "Bronies" offers up a story about the way human nature seeks belonging, and the heteronormative assumptions that all too often get in the way of that basic desire.

While these protests did not, and will not, have the intensity and impact that those over Vietnam had, they arise from the same basic desire for justice and peace.

The bill requires three more hearings to become law, and it could end up derailed by political maneuvering or the more basic desire of members of Parliament to cling to their jobs and perquisites.

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