Example sentences of "[noun sg] needing to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Empson , a lifelong and dedicated atheist , returned from the Far East in 1952 expecting to find little more demolition-work on religion needing to be done , at least among the lettered , and was horrified to discover that the devout spirit of T. S. Eliot , in his absence , had spawned a host of converts in the critical world . |
| 2 | It 's the ghost in the machine needing to be unmasked and disarmed . |
| 3 | Moody , sensitive and sometimes secretive she is at the same time a little girl needing to be cuddled and a teenager requiring her own space . |
| 4 | There is no question of a vehicle needing to be fitted with these lamps or indeed any other item — if the vehicle is of an age or type which does not require them . |
| 5 | In such a case the impression is given that Jesus is , as it were on his own , and with no reference needing to be made to the other persons of the trinity , God . |
| 6 | And what is the fi , is the kitchen erm chimney needing to be swept or something then ? |
| 7 | A further problem with compensation theory is its neglect of the effect of unemployment benefit , not a factor needing to be taken into account by the earliest exponents of this theory , writing in the mid-eighteenth century . |
| 8 | However , the policy itself or the wording of the of of the policy refers to exceptionally in referring to development needing to be in the countryside . |
| 9 | First , prior analysis facilitates current analysis by reducing the amount of processing needing to be done in order to determine the literal meaning of a clause or sentence . |
| 10 | a tender blister needing to be dressed . |
| 11 | On the CDC 6600 computer ( which uses a 60-bit word ) instructions may be 15 or 30 bits long , according to the amount of information needing to be specified by the instruction . |
| 12 | Or they can be shaken , the new and perhaps frail ability to trust , hope and feel gratitude needing to be re-established . |
| 13 | ‘ Rehearsal ’ mode or its equivalent is also very useful , as it saves the head-drum and tape from unnecessary wear by displaying the scene to be shot in the viewfinder without the camcorder needing to be held in record-pause while takes are being lined up . |
| 14 | Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway is the site of a Second World War factory , the ugly remains of this building needing to be removed by the Scottish Development Agency . |