Example sentences of "it need [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diaphragm and spermicide can be put in at any convenient time up to three hours before making love so it need n't interfere at all with intercourse . |
| 2 | It need n't mean that Dostoevsky had been telling lies and is now telling the truth in the privacy of his own notebooks . |
| 3 | It need n't have been my fare at all . ’ |
| 4 | And it need n't last for ever . |
| 5 | But the doctrine of the extended phenotype has taught us that it need n't have been so . |
| 6 | It need n't cost much . |
| 7 | But it need n't be a terminal decease . |
| 8 | ‘ What we will be aiming for on the night is to make sure we score first — and it need n't be in the opening minutes . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ he hissed back at her , ‘ it need n't look like a hovel , if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It need n't look like a hovel , ’ he had said , ‘ if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 11 | It need n't be sporting . |
| 12 | They had ceased to be shocked by nudity , and accepted that it now happened mostly on remote beaches where it need n't offend any villagers . |
| 13 | I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church . |
| 14 | It need n't have been cricket ; that was almost an aside to my interest in the movements . |
| 15 | It need n't be so : first thoughts are often best , cheeringly rehabilitated by third thoughts after they 've been loured at by seconds . |
| 16 | Fitting a new sink may seem a somewhat daunting task but it need n't be , provided the new sink is going to be in the same position as the old one . |
| 17 | It need n't affect their marriage . |
| 18 | Now you 're getting regular money from this West End show , it 'd be a good opportunity to put a little aside each week — it need n't be much , but you 'd be amazed how it accumulates . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Since you 're not involved in the project , ’ he muttered tersely , ‘ it need n't be of any concern to you . ’ |
| 20 | And what 's more , it need n't cost very much . |
| 21 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
| 22 | And we 're looking for two couples , er it need n't be husband and wife particularly , although it 'll be er very nice if it is , but it can be mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like really . |
| 23 | ‘ It need n't even be in this office . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It need n't have been the girl . ’ |
| 25 | It 's only just occurred to me erm , somebody mentioned that new members of staff , and the support staff ever since , but it need n't necessarily be arrive . |
| 26 | Well it was also how they distributed it as well cos it need n't necessarily just be the cadres , it was du n no there 's a scene where they the house , like you get in a queue take what you want |
| 27 | But it , it need n't necessarily be erm the kind of direct material gain in terms of well we need to go beyond rent reduction because rent reduction is not , has n't given us enough , because in theory rent reduction ought to be giving you as much you need . |
| 28 | ‘ It need n't concern you . ’ |
| 29 | In the office dear , where it need n't concern , your hair looks very nice . |
| 30 | It need n't have been need it ? |