Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | They require very little attention — the only pruning needed is the removal of old barky wood , and of course that cut back by wind . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The adjustment needed is towards a partnership of fellow professionals rather than a hierarchy of expert superordinates and inexpert subordinates . |
| 7 | 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 " ? |
| 8 | It is my belief that the nature and scale of the change needed is unprecedented . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( The cocktail stick is used to ensure that only the amount of colour needed is applied — it is easy to overdo it . |
| 13 | The size of barrier needed is set against the need to maintain volumes . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The analysis needed is the same as that used to walk in a square . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the use of n-grams or a dictionary check to rule out letter sequences that do not appear in English , the information needed is a list of English words , or perhaps a large corpus of text from which to extract such a list and/or the list of n-grams for whichever values of n are necessary . |
| 18 | Indeed in some disciplines , such as diagnostic speech therapy and psychiatry , it would be difficult to provide the service other than through a bilingual professional because so much of the information needed is contained in the language usage . |
| 19 | They would go to an Indian or Pakistani shop , since the sort of cloth needed is not easily available in ordinary department stores . |
| 20 | The amount needed is estimated by the scheme actuary and this can vary from year to year , according to how much money is accumulated and how much the scheme is likely to have to pay out in benefits . |
| 21 | If your design is in three of four colours , then the amount of memory needed is almost doubled . |
| 22 | The amount of margin needed is calculated by reference to both the price of the underlying security or index and the exercise price of the traded option . |
| 23 | Most of the technology needed is already known . |