Sentence examples similar to wished for progress from inspiring English sources
The young director had deliberately taken as low and scuzzy a tale as you could wish for — the progress of a stud (Mark Wahlberg) through the San Fernando Valley pornography trade in the nineteen-seventies and eighties — and treated it with the high, humane style that we associate with masters of elaboration like Altman and Welles.
Africa's desperate wish for progress may be somewhat attainable because of the determination and learning of men like Horeb, men nevertheless defined perhaps as much by the old as by the new, but its yearning for modernity is mocked by the images I was left with as my visa was stamped on my way out of Beni.
His performances, the bearded militant conceded, were not all that might be wished for; an inelegant batsman, Mr ul-Haq is known as "Tuk-tuk" for his plodding rate of progress.
He wished for nothing else.
John always wished for whatever Marcia wished for.
We all wish for Iraq to progress toward a normal and modern country — we owe the Iraqis that much.
Some frame multilingualism as a hindrance to progress, and wish for one dominant world tongue.
Allowances should be made for female barristers wishing to progress who have taken time out from their careers to have children, according to the chairman of the Bar Council.
Overcoming this hidden power is a challenge for those wishing to see progress toward democracy and human rights in Iran.
