Example sentences of "[be] [prep] need of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grip of her revision is surprising , for it has long been in need of revision itself . |
| 2 | Apparently Sir William along with various VIP 's were to inspect examples of railway infrastructure in the Mid-Wales area that are in need of renovation , and then decide on which are most worthy of financial aid . |
| 3 | You are in need of help and advice . ’ |
| 4 | In our particular ministry in St Louis Missouri we are trying to use the vast technology that 's available to us in linking up with other organizations such as Catholic charities , Salvation Army and others , so that when persons are in need of help they can go to one organization and tell their story and they do n't have to keep going from place to place telling their story over and over and we 're beginning to look toward the use of computers and what they are capable of doing in order to help resources stretch . |
| 5 | When people , especially women , are in need of help or comfort , they turn to the Virgin of Fontanellato and pray , in the hope that their prayers will be answered . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps , after all , you are in need of help . |
| 7 | They are in need of empowerment . |
| 8 | In a western liberal democracy heavily dependent on the stock market as its allocator of scare resources , society surely has the right to decide which legitimate interests are in need of protection . |
| 9 | A condition heavily testing the social fabric in this area is the impact of AIDS ; more than half of the children between 0–13 years have lost both their parents and are in need of assistance . |
| 10 | People coming into a residential home are there because they are in need of care — they are not able to care for themselves . |
| 11 | Residential accommodation The local authority may provide residential accommodation for persons who ‘ by reason of age are in need of care and attention which is not otherwise available to them ’ . |
| 12 | Under part 3 of the 1948 National Assistance Act LAs are required to provide residential accommodation for persons who , by reason of age , are in need of care and attention . |
| 13 | The major reasons for a care order are that the children have themselves committed an offence , they are in need of care , protection and control , or they or another child of the same family have been victims of an offence or are in the same household as a person convicted of a serious offence such as manslaughter , cruelty or suchlike . |
| 14 | If it is true that humankind is fallen , that we are separated from the presence of God by our failure and helplessness and are in need of God 's forgiveness , Abelard 's views do not reflect sufficiently well the seriousness of our predicament . |
| 15 | She continues this process until the young rabbits , born blind and hairless , have grown fur and are in need of food she can not supply . |
| 16 | He and his people are in need of food , and a party has been sent here to investigate the Dalek city . |
| 17 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council it mentioned that the stiles on footpath No 12 between Scorton Picnic area and the Trough Road are in need of repair . |
| 18 | Calling all pensioners … with a message from welfare officer Sheila Redmond : ‘ If any retired employees are in need of advice or help that they think I could offer , they only have to ‘ phone me on . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think' , he said , with a rather savage look in Pike 's direction , ‘ that we are in need of Guidance . |
| 20 | This is often the life-attitude more obviously held by many older people who are in need of counselling support . |
| 21 | But this does not mean that the children think they are in need of explanation and they may not have any detailed ideas about them . |
| 22 | All gas and electrical equipment and appliances , wiring , lamp holders , power points and plugs , and particularly electric blankets should be checked for safety and efficiency , and taps , pipes and tanks should be looked at also to see if they are in need of attention . |
| 23 | The borough council recognises that its newer cemeteries such as Acklam and Thorntree are in need of attention . |
| 24 | Before any finds are washed and marked , they have to be sorted to see which are in need of conservation . |
| 25 | Shedding tears is a way of letting other people know that you are in need of comfort . |
| 26 | Mr Beck added : ‘ We are in need of cash which will help us to link the register to those in other parts of the world , including the United States . ’ |
| 27 | ( Everyone in Cornwall who supported King Charles planted a Scots pine outside his house as a sign of welcoming like-minded passers-by who might be in need of protection . |
| 28 | John Gummer , who was not considered to be in need of protection , was singing ‘ Lead Kindly Light ’ in a falsetto voice . |
| 29 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 30 | From now on chiefly in parts of Cheshire patients considered to be in need of specialist care will go straight to the North West Regional Trauma Centre in Stoke on Trent . |