Example sentences of "was need for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet only weeks ago he was saying that existing derelict land was needed for greening the cities , and providing amenities for citizens . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Central heating was demanded and new accommodation was needed for greenkeeping staff . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This calendar Was just what was needed for astronomical calculations . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His tutor raised what more was needed for financial security . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Although in theory under the personal command of the new Regent , in fact Will Douglas led , grumbling at having to carry so many lofty ones along when what was needed for this attempt was the toughest of mosstroopers . |
| 10 | While the agreement with the Ringaskiddy residents that they would allow interim dumping of Raybestos ' waste in return for a future advance factory provided a short-term solution for the current crisis , a final solution was needed for the toxic waste produced in Cork . |
| 11 | He remembered , just in time , not to shave — the beard was needed for the Edwardian Ball . |
| 12 | Just £1,200 was needed for her caesarean delivery . |
| 13 | All that was needed for defeat was for a couple of Liberal Democrats to switch sides . |
| 14 | However , Lib Dem group leader Tom Dale said it was vital £2.2 million reserves were not touched in case it was needed for emergencies . |
| 15 | Naxos supplied Crete with emery , which was needed for drilling and polishing the stone bowls and vases . |
| 16 | I was told the data was needed for the Medical Division — among a host of other activities INCUBUS owns a number of , pharmaceutical laboratories . |
| 17 | If therapy was needed for the child , they wanted to share in the offering of help and particularly valued taking part with the workers in life-story work . |
| 18 | Growing sugar and preparing it for shipping to London was harder work than growing and curing tobacco , and a much larger labour force was needed for the process of harvesting the cane and crushing it which had to be done in a very short period of time . |
| 19 | The manufacture of silk stockings was banned in December nineteen forty because silk was needed for parachutes . |
| 20 | The use of ECUs for repayment of intervention borrowings by a member country was also made easier as long as the creditor country ( i.e. the country providing the currency which was needed for foreign exchange support operations ) did not develop an unbalanced composition of reserves . |
| 21 | Beveridge and his contemporaries were much inspired by Canon Barnett , who by 1900 was firmly convinced of the economic as well as personal causes of distress and that more state help was needed for the destitute . |
| 22 | At some point over the weekend of 14–15 June , Gloucester persuaded the council that the presence of York was needed for the coronation . |
| 23 | The costs for the US would be enormous , indeed the requirement of the French was that the US would pay the entire cost , but money and munitions could be regarded as the essential calipers which might allow the rickety infant to walk ; and as long as it had an American account it would grow up and would be able to buy everything that was needed for a new nation state . |
| 24 | However , rather than this being the case , is the fact that the government is supporting community economic development an admission that the state , through its economic development functions , has failed to provide opportunities which enable people in ‘ deprived ’ areas to become economically active and empowered and that something new was needed for areas of worst disadvantage ? |
| 25 | What all the " finishing " processes had in common , apart from a degree of exertion greater than was needed for hand-setting but not necessarily greater than could be expected from a normal young woman , was that these were tasks an apprentice learned only towards the end of his time . |
| 26 | Yet attendance could not have been derisory , since a quorum of 6000 was needed for decisions on citizen rights and the ostracism ( temporary banishment ) of individuals , and such decisions were not uncommon . |
| 27 | An article in Our Flag in November 1912 pointed out that the average turnover of votes in by-elections had been about 1,300 votes per contest and that only 250 votes per contest was needed for an overall Unionist majority . |
| 28 | This weapon was not as significant as it seemed : a two-thirds majority was needed for the vote to succeed ; the EC budget , despite the costs of the CAP , only amounted to one per cent of the Community 's GDP ; and , if the budget was rejected , the Commission would still have the right to spend money on a month-by-month basis . |
| 29 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 30 | Of course the Athenians took good care not to be wrongfooted morally : hence a religious aspect was needed for the punishment of an ostensibly religious offence . |