Example sentences of "[noun] do [not/n't] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electorate did not need to be a democratic one , and as a general rule was not ; all that was needed was an electorate consisting of the men of substance , so that the government would be responsive to their choices . |
| 2 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
| 3 | Many believed that the United States did not need to intervene on this scale in the international economy . |
| 4 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 5 | In this supporting role your Orc units do n't need to be so large and there is less need to provide standards or characters . |
| 6 | Spores do not need to be killed in normal operational practice as the infectivity of the common spore former , Clostridium perfringens , occurs when the vegetative cell is ingested and converts to a spore . |
| 7 | The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself . |
| 8 | David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole . |
| 9 | David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole . |
| 10 | Dana did n't need her care — on the contrary , she showed only too clearly that she resented her twin 's interference . |
| 11 | The snakes do n't need ropes ' , he chuckled feebly , " because they are ropes . |
| 12 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman had taken her under their protective wing and such master opportunities did n't need any convincing that the success of the soap could be translated into success in the record business . |
| 13 | Of 60 fund managers asked last year , 55 did not regard IR officers as their primary company contacts ; 33 thought that British industry did not need any more IR consultants . |
| 14 | Staff in the Banking industry do not need to be programmed into how to handle a customer . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe we suffered the downturn because of the way in which we kept our clients up to date , insofar as when the recession hit , our clients did n't need to come to us because the Revenue was on their backs . |
| 16 | The scheme did not operate entirely as anticipated : the main departure was that there were some clients for whom the development officers provided no support , either because they were admitted immediately to institutional care ( and the development officers could not always influence this decision in the way they would have liked ) or because the clients did not need or want the services of the project . |
| 17 | This means that the parties do not need leave to appeal from it ( White v Brunton [ 1984 ] 2 All ER 606 ) . |
| 18 | Often it claims that results obtained by such methods do not need formalization ; that they explain themselves ; and that they generate the new questions that the discipline needs . |
| 19 | Generally speaking , but not necessarily , including the rarer Japanese papers , card or paper can be a lot cheaper to use than fabric , especially since the majority of pressed flower pictures do not need large amounts of backing . |
| 20 | It is said that on this view the writers mechanically wrote what God said , and the readers do not need to think , because every bit of truth is presented on a plate . |
| 21 | This is another example of ‘ Scots do n't need enemies ; we have each other ’ . |
| 22 | The KGB did not need proof ; suspicion was more than enough . |
| 23 | With modern technology , the KGB did n't need the old ladies any more . |
| 24 | Rabbits and other hunted animals do not need to measure distance accurately . |
| 25 | And of course Oxford supporters do n't need reminding that last season they led Fulham 1-0 after the first leg and they lost 5-3 at home . |
| 26 | These come at the speed of the speaker and the listeners do not need to make any physical adjustment . |
| 27 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 28 | Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were — apparitions of herself , her father . |
| 29 | In such a situation the flow of spoken words does not need to be interrupted by information about who is speaking . |
| 30 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |