Example sentences of "[noun sg] need not be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness . |
| 2 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |
| 3 | Fred Greenstein argues that ‘ the impact of modern presidents on public policy need not be apocalyptic to be important ’ and no doubt this is true . |
| 4 | The fifteen-second restorer need not be obvious to other people . |
| 5 | One point which has been decided is that an odour need not be prejudicial to health to amount to a nuisance , rather in deciding the question the court will consider all the circumstances including the character of the locality in which the plaintiff is living , the nature , intensity and frequency of the odour , the time and effects of its commission . |
| 6 | The numbers of cetaceans caught in gill-nets through incidental catch need not be large to severely affect some species , nor are catches confined to developing countries . |