Sentence examples for wanted specific from inspiring English sources

"We wanted specific counterterrorism funding," said a White House official.

Bewilderment at the letters from female fans, who wanted specific fantasies to appear.

When we were shipping it we were contacted by the Chinese authorities saying they wanted specific front pages to be removed.

Mrs. Clinton suggested that the Americans wanted specific military and intelligence operations against the Haqqani network, which uses Pakistan's tribal areas as a base for attacks inside Afghanistan.

The agency took the action in response to petitions from environmental and investor groups that wanted specific recognition of climate change as an important factor in the present and future business environment.

In a recently published plan for investment firms, the SIB made plain it wanted specific senior managers held responsible for ensuring that a given set of rules was being obeyed.

"What things?" He wanted specifics.

As he has promised not to raise taxes except in case of an emergency, another man in Fresno wanted specifics.

It made for smooth television and gave him an air of authority, but he could be aloof and frustrating if you wanted specifics.

It's as if investors were screaming at the politicians that they wanted specifics.

In this case however I wanted specifics.