wish

Object

• everyone: Happy Christmas Just a quick message to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.
• someone: I just wish someone had been writing about them when I started!

Converse of object

• express: It has also clearly demonstrated its contempt for democracy through its willingness to ignore the democratically expressed wishes of the electorates in member states.
• reflect: We have been working hard to create a local service that reflects the wishes of patients and health care professionals.
• grant: They raised more than $ 40,000 in 18 months for the charity, which grants wishes for children with life-threatening diseases.
• respect: When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.
• indicate: The Green paper plea for integrity of official statistics indicates a wish by government statisticians to distance themselves from the statistics they produce.

Adjective modifier

• good: Best wishes, Ed I went to my first GA meeting today.
• parental: That means there must always be a real possibility of an outcome at variance with parental wishes.
• unconscious: Psychodynamics This is the theory that states that disturbances in early sexual or general development and unconscious wishes are at the heart of OCD.
• cherished: Like everybody ( including Cinderella ), I surely have three cherished wishes, which I want to write you about.

Modifies a noun

list: All you need to look at is the spec of this bike which would be on the wish list of any riders out there.

Noun used with modifier

birthday: Email your birthday wishes, best wishes, sympathy or get well wishes here.

Infinitive complement

• attend: You are advised to confirm any event which you may wish to attend, prior to making any long journeys.
• pursue: You must speak to the Head of Sixth Form if you wish to pursue this course of action.
• apply: The discount item must be selected directly below the item you wish to apply the discount.
• discuss: The Course Director may also be contacted at any time during office hours by students wishing to discuss matters relating to the course.
• join: All legal entities wishing to join The Forum must apply in their own right.
• receive: People visit the site to vote for the charities they wish to receive donations.

Preposition: of

electorate: It has also clearly demonstrated its contempt for democracy through its willingness to ignore the democratically expressed wishes of the electorates in member states.