Example sentences of "of [noun pl] need to be " in BNC.

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1 In order for strategic planning and decision making to be effective , a different set of values needs to be held by senior officials .
2 This catalogue of adjectives needs to be frequently declaimed and asserted , even in the teeth of what most people will call ‘ the evidence ’ .
3 The costs of products need to be determined so that they can be compared with budgeted costs .
4 In other ways , too , the evidence of coins needs to be used with sensitivity , since the depictions on coins are not at all like modern photographs .
5 It would seem that the primary activity of operations needs to be split into direct and indirect costs , with the latter analysed into major cost-driver categories as interpreted by Kaplan .
6 Furthermore , structural reforms which simply aim to bring a balance to political representations in the media fail to address the broader question of which particular set of views need to be represented .
7 Larger numbers of subjects need to be studied to determine the significance of these preliminary findings .
8 If the view condition is to be incremented from one state to another in a given number of steps , two complete sets of parameters need to be held .
9 First letters of words need to be more accurately recognised , and the number of letter candidates could be reduced , especially as writers form the beginnings of words more clearly .
10 A number of considerations need to be made , and it is possible that a combined method may be preferable .
11 Published in 1977 , by the Department of Education and Science the document suggested that the work of schools needed to be analysed in a ‘ quantitative ’ form as well as in the ‘ subjective and qualitative ’ way in which it had been measured hitherto .
12 The position of candidates needs to be considered in two respects , ( a ) qualification and disqualification ; ( b ) conduct of the election campaign .
13 At all stages of the learning process , the learner must either ( a ) know what to do next in order to take his learning a step further , or ( b ) know what sorts of questions need to be asked and answered in order to discover what needs to be done next .
14 However , a further set of questions need to be posed about the relationship between posts and the sex of the post-holder .
15 In order to clarify the problem , and put it into perspective , a number of questions need to be asked .
16 ( v ) In cases where thousands of eggs need to be collected ( e.g. for RNA extraction , see Chapter 9 ) , it is more efficient to remove the cumulus cells by using a nylon mesh ( mesh size 20–30 μm ) inserted into the base of the barrel of a 5 or 10 ml plastic syringe .
17 The principal questions that the Chiefs of Staff Committee addressed were whether long-range missiles would eventually replace the bomber as the delivery system ; and if so , whether , in the meantime , the last generations of bombers needed to be supersonic or not .
18 All the effects of pollutants need to be considered for both short- and long-term exposure .
19 The two sets of characters needed to be able to confide in one another .
20 Sadie would raid the bins for scraps when she could — perhaps her diet of rabbits needed to be supplemented .
21 Along with the review of existing data , a clearly defined set of objectives needs to be defined .
22 But a number of qualifications need to be made before fully accepting such an analysis .
23 However , a number of comments need to be made :
24 The time might be approaching when the viability of employing these vase armies of professionals needs to be reappraised .
25 The Nepalese government , which derives significant amounts of revenue from Everest expeditions in particular , is opposed to restrictions , arguing instead that the management of expeditions needs to be improved .
26 The training needs of historians need to be continually discussed in the context of information technology .
27 A first broad division between types of exhibitions needs to be made .
28 Groups of children need to be based in the same neighbourhood .
29 A number of points needs to be made about the Conservative concept of active citizenship .
30 A number of points need to be borne in mind here .
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