Sentence examples for understandable wish from inspiring English sources

He cited the "understandable wish on the part of some member states" to have a seat at the commission table.

"There's an understandable wish by prosecutors to respond to the moral outrage of society," he said, "but the important thing is for the prosecution to follow the law".

The trauma of a young mother's protracted death from cancer can be exacerbated by the patient's understandable wish to live as long as possible for her family, Dr. Rosenstein added.

Later, when I read the novels of Charles Dickens, I greeted the paranoia of his juvenile leads with a knowing smile, for it proceeded from an understandable wish not to be interfered with by adults with nothing better to do.

After a dramatic yet understandable wish to be left alone for the holidays comes true, when his careless parents accidentally leave him behind for Christmas, he luxuriates in his freedom.

Professor Vyse, who promoted the idea of Santa to his children but is not without reservations about having done so, said parents had an understandable wish to teach the basic beliefs of their culture.

However, it is understandable to wish to pass an estate on to one's children.

Propulsion systems are an obvious domain where fiction (and the understandable fond wish) is still stronger than fact, but there are others.

A cynic, who for understandable reasons wishes to remain unnamed, likens the hedge funds business to a brothel.

However, due to understandable reasons I wish they could work better.

It's understandable, but I wish they had not given this question serious attention.