Sentence examples for wants a token from inspiring English sources

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The biggest differences are over Serbia's right to keep some troops in post-war Kosovo Russiaa envisages a garrison of a few thousand, NATO wants a token presence at most); over the make-up of a peacekeeping mission (Russia wants a big role for itself and shares the Serbs' antipathy to a NATO-dominated force); and the timing of a halt to the bombing.

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"I don't want a token woman.

The staff are all multilingual and flit from Spanish to French to English to German to Dutch, which can be a little tricky if you just want a token for the tumble drier.

We don't just want a token bill that does more in name than in substance," Boyack says.

The authorities want a token of subjection and that is why every woman in Iran must carry her headscarf, wherever she is, as a public proclamation that her choices are in the end worthless.

Mr Belhaj says he wants an apology, an admission of liability and a token payment of £1 from each.

He again noted that the Afghan Olympic committee had been suspended for policies of the former Taliban regime, and that the I.O.C. did not want any token appearances, as several groups had proposed.

He often begins this way, with a gesture towards playing himself in, as if he wants to make a token acknowledgment of the niceties of batting.

No one wants to be a token, not even women seeking to serve on boards.

By the same token, we want a 3-year-old Triple Crown winner, and we want him and all other comers to roll under the wire safe and sound.

"It's a sad day for the fashion industry - I just wanted to leave a token showing that we were thinking about him".

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