Example sentences of "[noun] need [is] " in BNC.

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1 The 1971 White Paper promised expansion here , but the building programme needed is huge and economy cuts repeatedly reduce it .
2 Even if all the aid needed is pledged , it will arrive too late .
3 But the extra investment needed is simply beyond the reach of many growers .
4 The very last thing either community in Northern Ireland needs is Belfast City Hall writ large transferred to Stormont .
5 What Washington needs is a bit of discrimination .
6 They require very little attention — the only pruning needed is the removal of old barky wood , and of course that cut back by wind .
7 All the weight has to be used to make the tail dig in , so the posture needed is exactly that of a very bad carve gybe , ie straight front leg , leaning back and pulling the rig towards you .
8 The adjustment needed is towards a partnership of fellow professionals rather than a hierarchy of expert superordinates and inexpert subordinates .
9 The diagnostic test needed is obviously something like the following : Given a situation where a phrase composed of adjective A and noun N can correctly apply to something perceived by the speaker , is it possible in principle to say the following truthfully : " This N is A " ?
10 What small companies need is relevant advice
11 It is my belief that the nature and scale of the change needed is unprecedented .
12 The only special preparation needed is for euryalid species , the thickened skin covering the arm spines must be dissolved using bleach ( sodium hypochlorite ) or KOH .
13 The degree of fire protection needed is reduced as the distance from the boundary increases until no protection is needed ( i.e. external walls may consist entirely of unprotected area ) .
14 As a consequence , elderly persons entering residential accommodation tend to be more physically and mentally dependent than in the past , and the type of support needed is similar to that given in a nursing home , rather than a guest house or private hotel .
15 Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development .
16 ( The cocktail stick is used to ensure that only the amount of colour needed is applied — it is easy to overdo it .
17 Agreement on the actions needed is beginning to emerge from these recent meetings of politicians , administrators and scientists .
18 What most private investors need is not a summary ( which is generally less intelligible than the document it summarises ) but an explanation ; and this they will not get .
19 I 've tried to tell him that the last thing Project Eden needs is an Administrator who 's crazy as a dakkabug , but will he listen to me ? ’
20 The size of barrier needed is set against the need to maintain volumes .
21 While professional advisers can , and do , work towards ‘ once only ’ savings such as changes in the prescribing of generic drugs , the real control needed is the introduction of new products only after assessment of the health gain and financial consequences .
22 What the patients need is to have emotional fear and pain acknowledged and expressed through words , tears or in whatever other way they find helpful .
23 The first thing that Britain needs is a new model for sector skills training .
24 For such macro-systems , the principle that the designer produces what he thinks the users need is being replaced by the principle that the users themselves decide what they want and the professionals assist them in designing as specified by the users .
25 Even so , the idea that the only versions of the tool available for sale should be more elaborate ( and expensive ) than many users need is a restraint of trade .
26 As we have seen , the usual belief is that what teachers need is descriptions , with the implication that they need not be bothered with the theoretical ideas upon which they are based .
27 I think you 'll find all Guy needs is the right woman . ’
28 ‘ I suspect what Sarah Chester Fabrics needs is a very large kick up the management 's backside , and some fairly hefty streamlining of its present systems , before anyone will even contemplate healthy investment , Miss Chester . ’
29 The analysis needed is the same as that used to walk in a square .
30 One might think that with the nation stuffed full of church buildings , few of which are stuffed full of people , the last thing needed is to plant new ones .
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