Example sentences of "this needs [prep] be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 2 | This needs to be done skilfully , and is usually done by trained researchers , who are adept at getting people to talk and at avoiding asking leading questions — because that is not merely cheating , it will lead to you deluding yourself : in this type of interview people are only too eager to tell you what they think you want to know . |
| 3 | This needs to be stated clearly because there is a current media cliché that Greenpeace is turning its back on such tactics and is becoming a more bureaucratic , softer version of its earlier radical self . |
| 4 | ‘ This needs to be handled discreetly . ’ |
| 5 | In a liberal democracy this needs to be scrutinized constantly , and herein lies the first problem for the researcher . |
| 6 | This needs to be recognized not only at university level ( as in France , where now a course of statistics is an essential part of the training of an academic historian ) but also in any high school which has an interest in sending on students to do university work in the humanities . |
| 7 | Some patients may try to starve themselves in order to avoid oral agents or insulin , and this needs to be identified immediately . |
| 8 | This needs to be glued all around the edge of the plate to form a tight seal so that gravel does not get under the plate . |
| 9 | This needs to be spelled out in some detail . |