Example sentences of "it [modal v] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Midland does tie the knot with Hongkong and Shanghai Bank , it may need some help up the aisle . |
| 2 | With these developments , BR reckons it may need an extra £300m from the government to balance its books for 1990–91 . |
| 3 | It may need to be tailor-made , and therefore it 's best left to the experts . |
| 4 | The heater matrix on the SIII commonly blocks up if it is used with hard water so it may need cleaning out by a radiator specialist or replacing as flushing with cleaning chemicals is not very effective . |
| 5 | It may need hosing at high pressure to get rid of any surface slime . |
| 6 | Second , it may need to make itself distinct from other species with which it shares its living space . |
| 7 | However , if the unit is to be sited some considerable distance from the water supply , it may need to be thicker to prevent excessive voltage drop — loudspeaker wire , for example . |
| 8 | Keep the fridge temperature below 5C ; it may need adjusting if you 're storing more food . |
| 9 | But where the strings pass through the body , the holes have opened up , so it may need a new wooden bridge plate or something placed underneath the table . |
| 10 | In such cases it may need to be supported at the level of verbal consciousness , and , like grieving as the gateway to reattachment , should not be prematurely foreclosed . |
| 11 | Have a look at the seat against which the washer is forced when the tap is closed — if it 's badly scored it may need regrinding , or the new washer wo n't be very effective . |
| 12 | The point , once obvious , has ceased to be that , and it may need to be restated . |
| 13 | Even DEC may find that it may need to hang on to its V.3.2-level Ultrix rather longer than it intended : it says that so far about 500 of the 3,000 Ultrix applications are being converted for OSF/1 , which does n't sound like unbounded enthusiasm on the part of the industry . |
| 14 | NCube Inc , one of the small band of sturdy massively parallel processing pioneers , reckons that it may need to crash the entry price of its machines to popularise the concept , and last week announced the nCube 2E series , starting with just eight and going to 128 of the company 's proprietary processors , with an entry price of $30,000 . |
| 15 | Taste for seasoning — it may need sugar — then stir in , a little at a time , the mustard . |
| 16 | The product may be difficult to pack or it may need to be kept under refrigeration . |
| 17 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 18 | Thus it may need to borrow money , and its ability to do so may potentially be affected by an attack on its creditworthiness . |
| 19 | Or it may need to employ staff , and a statement that it engages in discriminatory employment practices may potentially affect its ability to attract staff of the right calibre . |
| 20 | I am sure my husband would not mind if your daughter came but it may need to be the ( comfortable ) sofa for a night ! |
| 21 | It may need more general contextual information to discriminate between words , yet it has to provide the words that determine that context . |
| 22 | It may need no more than a discussion session , or a change of emphasis introduced at an appropriate point to allow this to be covered . |
| 23 | If the purchaser is a listed company it may need to apply for a listing of the consideration shares . |
| 24 | ( 11 ) Where the bidder proposes to issue consideration shares , loan stock or debenture stock which are to be listed it may need to prepare listing particulars ( see para 17.1.3 below ) . |
| 25 | Erm there 's also a view been expressed that well if you 're going to have it it may need some more guidance than is presently written into it . |
| 26 | That it should need to be exorcised in that fashion , however , or at all , still leaves it looking potent , richly formative and far from innocent , and the fiction that ultimately emerges from it is ex-academic in much the same sense that it is ex-socialist . |
| 27 | It should need no stressing that even today , when more and more actors ( those in work ) are aiming at the regular working-day/mortgage belt , affairs , amours and just plain sex inside a company is not unknown . |
| 28 | All being well I see no reason why it should need attention in the future |
| 29 | Ruthless and totalitarian , of necessity , yet also in the long run cherishing the human race , although it must needs manacle the minds of men ; absolutely , as never before . |
| 30 | If the organisation did all customer liaison work from head office it might need fewer managerial staff . |