Example sentences of "need [is] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you have spent a day at the stadium , the one thing you do n't need is to spend an evening at the theatre . |
| 2 | In a way , I suppose , it seems rather illogical to dismiss the value of the brochure altogether , for all types of customer , and at the same time suggest that the best way a customer can get the information s/he needs is to use a list of telephone numbers printed in the very brochure that is being dismissed . |
| 3 | Not unexpectedly , Ian McGeechan was a bit more circumspect than his Wallaby counterpart , though : ‘ We have a very good game as it is , and the only thing it needs is to simplify the laws to achieve refereeing consistency . |
| 4 | All it needs is to promise a high-powered investigation , such as a Royal Commission , into the practicalities of an alternative voting system ( surely justified by the intense public interest now abounding ) . |
| 5 | What he really needs is to have some blond streaks to lift it a shade or two . ’ |
| 6 | Erm to me it is a thriving and very good community , and all it really needs is to look as it 's thriving . |
| 7 | One might think that with the nation stuffed full of church buildings , few of which are stuffed full of people , the last thing needed is to plant new ones . |
| 8 | In the descriptive sense all that is needed is to take a series array of Voigt-Kelvin models or a parallel array of Maxwell models , writing for the behaviour of the latter under a constant strain for the former under creep conditions . |
| 9 | Assuming that this meets the client 's approval , all that is now needed is to clear the finished version with the ITVA ( see page 126 ) and order and dispatch the bulk prints to the TV stations . |
| 10 | All that is needed is to specify clearly those occasions when there is a strong danger that directors may be tempted to act in their own self-interest and then to make the shareholders ' consent necessary in those circumstances . |
| 11 | Ail that is needed is to throw an oncoming punch off course . |
| 12 | ‘ I know it sounds modest , ’ he concedes , ‘ but what we need is to do one thing well . |
| 13 | I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate all you need is to do something about your spelling |
| 14 | All you need is to give them a regular supply of food and water . |
| 15 | Asylum Aid , which represents immigrants who 're seeking refuge in Britain , says the last thing they need is to spend more time behind bars . |
| 16 | All I need is to see the direction . |
| 17 | The dilemma is not even as simple as this , because under certain conditions , exactly what I need is to see someone else going through the steps , or to have my behaviour confirmed , or to hear the generality articulated . |
| 18 | No , what we need is to take advantage of what is right outside our door . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
| 20 | My favourite , no-check method of raising the dozen , or so , plants I need is to set seeds in biodegradable 3in ( 8cm ) Fyba Growpots . |
| 21 | ‘ And all I need is to have you go with me and the warrants . |
| 22 | The last thing we need is to have the police involved . ’ |
| 23 | What the patients need is to have emotional fear and pain acknowledged and expressed through words , tears or in whatever other way they find helpful . |
| 24 | Look , what I really need is to have more of those old floorboards brought round . |
| 25 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 26 | ‘ But what I really need is to get a job . |
| 27 | What we need is to get the best of both worlds , an enhanced and more competent community providing care , support and help to individuals efficiently but without dumping disadvantaged people onto unsupported relatives . |
| 28 | He gives it very well , and he 's on on his way to an evening engagement , and the professor , says I 'm feeling very tired tonight , and I do n't think I want to give er , th the talk , but I do n't know , I I obviously I have to go , the chauffeur said , no problem , he said , all we need is to change hats , I 've heard you give that same talk so many times , I would actually give it . |
| 29 | What we need is to find a safe place soon , and I 'd rather succeed in doing what we can than fail to do what we ca n't . " |
| 30 | ‘ Now all we need is to find Dane , and we 've got a show ! ’ |