Example sentences of "[was/were] need for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roughly how many kilometres of steel rails , besides engines and rolling stock , do you think were needed for building the Indian railways ? |
| 2 | Actually , shellac was perhaps the least important constituent ; the most important was slate dust , whose abrasive and gritty properties were needed for a rather unusual reason . |
| 3 | Very often special clothes were needed for work - gumboots and waterproofs for those working on the land , aprons and overalls for those in catering . |
| 4 | One of the partners in the scheme was Robert Southey , at that time a poet and rebel against established ideas like Coleridge himself ; married couples were needed for the venture , which of course fell through , leaving Coleridge rather unsuitably married to Southey 's sister-in-law . |
| 5 | The first two applications were needed for the planned 1992 implementation . |
| 6 | The problem , therefore , was not one of technique , as much as training , for there were relatively few fully trained navigators in the Allied navies of 1940–41 and many training facilities were needed for air force navigators . |
| 7 | The successful training of these men suggests that no extraordinary qualities were needed for commando work in the field , only the right spirit and sound training . |
| 8 | She would take herself out to lunch and do some shopping , look for those new lampshades that were needed for one of the spare rooms . |
| 9 | This turned out to be impracticable , partly because they were needed for training and also had to be moved between aerodromes because of changes in the strategic and tactical situation , but also , more importantly , just how do you build an aeroplane for one flight only ? |
| 10 | Acknowledging his administrative talents and scholarly assets , Mrs Stevenson said the board felt , ‘ He simply did not have the specific skills which were needed for the job ’ . |
| 11 | It was stressed that full time staff were needed for old people , especially in terms of building up a relationship with the old people which would mean that the help would be more efficient and effective . |
| 12 | Great advances have been made since the early days of computing , when specialist skills were needed for such interaction . |
| 13 | The prop-room became crowded with elderly men ; stage-hands and fly-men , none of whom were needed for this particular production but who were there just the same , heating cans of baked beans in a saucepan on the fire . |
| 14 | The metal foil was there for use in the manufacture of goods of a common type which at all material times were needed for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 15 | By this method we demonstrated that specific sequences neighbouring position 26 and also certain structural parameters in the tRNA were needed for efficient enzymatic formation of m 2 2G26 ( 20 ) . |
| 16 | Four crew members were needed for a ‘ steamer ’ which frequently operated day and night or ‘ fly ’ , as it was called . |
| 17 | Several drilling jumpers were needed for each shot-hole and three or four holes drilled , fired , and the debris cleared , were about as much as two men could manage in a day . |
| 18 | Since a large number of locations were needed for this study it was decided to use locations which none of the subjects were likely to know rather than stimuli filmed in the Cambridge area which would differ in the degree of previous familiarity subjects had with them . |
| 19 | More were needed for this task than were ever recruited to work underground , and many Cornish youths who worked at the tin " stamps " as " buddle boys " never became adult miners . |
| 20 | If a new Prime Minister were needed for an emergency coalition and no obvious successor existed , the Sovereign would have to make the best choice possible . |
| 21 | Given the outstanding success and commitment of the students with fewer than two A levels there was very little in the report to suggest that ‘ standard ’ entry requirements were needed for success . |
| 22 | Records were needed for audit , disciplinary and precedent purposes , and to enable ministers to take responsibility for the work of their departments before parliament . |
| 23 | Yet only weeks ago he was saying that existing derelict land was needed for greening the cities , and providing amenities for citizens . |
| 24 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 25 | Central heating was demanded and new accommodation was needed for greenkeeping staff . |
| 26 | Threatened with imminent closure — his prime Liverpool city centre ramp was needed for something far less interestin' — Neil Danns threw a skate jam/party to leave a few good memories of what , despite the ramp 's inadequacies was the focus of the local skate scene . |
| 27 | This calendar Was just what was needed for astronomical calculations . |
| 28 | It was obvious that further space was needed for Sunday School work and by 1911 an extension , 17′ x 30′ was planned at the back of the church . |
| 29 | His tutor raised what more was needed for financial security . |
| 30 | They also checked possible ‘ berths ’ for major craft and LSTs , where more space was needed for a safe beaching and suitable ground on the beach for the LSTs ' vehicles to deploy . |