Example sentences of "[adj] in need [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was offered a pair of shoes for about one third more than the market price , and I was so much in need of shoes that I fell into temptation . |
| 2 | This seems unlikely , however , because one might expect females to be just as much in need of protection as males . |
| 3 | It is vital that children know that their parents make mistakes and are just as much in need of God 's forgiveness as they are . |
| 4 | Just because we grow older , it does n't mean that we are not just as much in need of comfort from those around us . |
| 5 | And even if that does not happen at once , it will in the coming years , when there will be fewer workers and new-property owners to pay taxes , and more elderly in need of welfare services . |
| 6 | Statutory responsibility for providing facilities for those elderly in need of care and attention is currently divided between the local authority ( LA ) and district health authority ( DHA ) . |
| 7 | We were all in need of help . |
| 8 | Large sash windows and a tall narrow front door were all in need of paint , but there was little money to spare , as Harold knew too well . |
| 9 | Children at St Martin 's Church of England , Hinderwell , Wheatcroft and Gladstone Road County Primaries area each in need of wardens . |
| 10 | The Security Council insisted that Iraq allow access by international humanitarian organisations to those in need of assistance , and make available facilities for humanitarian operations . |
| 11 | The resolution , which also called on Iraq to " allow immediate access by international humanitarian organizations to those in need of assistance " , made no provision for any action to force the Iraqi government to halt its campaign of repression against the Kurdish and Shia minorities . |
| 12 | Although the question whether there is any way of determining those in need of protection is at the heart of this debate , this is unlikely to be the prime determinant of professional practice . |
| 13 | The ‘ good society ’ must , in our view , treat those in need of child care services as fellow citizens rather than as ‘ inadequate ’ parents or children . |
| 14 | This would create a fairer system in which those in need of help would gain the most and in which a fairer balance would be struck between different forms of tenure . |
| 15 | As a result we saw human nature at its best , with so many people rallying around those in need of help . ’ |
| 16 | Yarm District Lions Club is keen to raise funds for those in need within Yarm , Eagelscliffe , Thornaby , Hilton , Seamer , Ingleby Barwick and Hutton Rudby . |
| 17 | In a study of ‘ need for institutional change ’ ( see Table 6.2 ) , these management structures of the Modular Course were seen as less in need of change than any other major committees in the Polytechnic . |
| 18 | But those big percentage reductions are taking place at a point on the network where the southern bypass has already reduced the flows , so th those parts of the network would be much less in need of relief . |
| 19 | It was a childhood rich in the family traditions of Judaism , one that was made to feel all the more in need of protection , thanks to the brutality against them and their people in Europe . |
| 20 | and perhaps rationalising a certain tier , keeping the teachers and assistants who are actually in the schools as our top priority and maintaining a careful balance between schools with very high needs and schools with isolated children who are actually even more in need of support and know how . |
| 21 | Many women have benefited from mifepristone 's availability in France — but even there , not all women want it : according to a spokesman for the makers , about a third in need of abortion opt for a swift operation . |