Example sentences of "[noun] needed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the hard core of the Copernican research programme needed to be augmented by adding numerous epicycles to the initially circular planetary orbits and it was also necessary to change the previously accepted estimate of the distance of the stars from earth . |
| 2 | Friends of the Earth , however , has claimed that these figures are artificially inflated as money spent on the cleaner gas programme needed to be spent anyway . |
| 3 | Belinda wondered how on earth they were going to get it up the stairs and through the house , but she sensibly decided that it was their concern , not hers , and anyway the bedroom needed to be vacuumed first . |
| 4 | From 1742 Methodist societies were organized into ‘ classes ’ of 8–10 persons , each with a leader , based on Wesley 's conviction that spiritual oversight needed to be intimate and personal . |
| 5 | Chapman considered that to win the Double , Arsenal needed to be leading the League by a substantial margin before the Cup came round . |
| 6 | The educational psychologist listened tolerantly to Mrs Singh 's comments , did not respond to them but simply repeated that Balbinder needed to be with teachers who were experienced in working with small groups . |
| 7 | In the seventh month of pregnancy , Alison Walker needed to be reassured that in the event of her baby 's premature arrival , she would be in good hands . |
| 8 | The Boeing 707 was now a safer aeroplane , but it was felt in AIB that some important matters of principle and practice needed to be changed so that the same sort of thing could not happen again with a different type of aircraft . |
| 9 | It is the left that has espoused the causes of sexual and racial equality with enough vigour to persuade the establishment that action needed to be taken ( a host of anti-discrimination measures and laws ) , but without the power to make the sort of widespread social change that would render this sort of fussy , bureaucratic measurement unnecessary . |
| 10 | Mrs Winterton invited Mr Major to view the exhibition privately so he could reach his own informed conclusion about what action needed to be taken to clean up ‘ this free market in filth ’ . |
| 11 | After weeks of violence culminating in the brutal murder of a magistrate , Rosario Livatino , in Sicily on Sept. 21 , President Francesco Cossiga had warned in an open letter to parliament on Sept. 23 that " whole regions of Italy are now controlled by the Mafia , not by the state " and that Sicily , Campania and Calabria needed to be " reconquered " . |
| 12 | But after Liverpool 's 3–2 home defeat by Wimbledon Grobbelaar admitted the Anfield side needed to be ‘ more professional ’ in their approach . |
| 13 | Although recognising that AEA needed to be proactive in approaching possible privatisation many thought ‘ Why change now , whilst announcing that the BZW report had yet to be considered by DTI . ’ |
| 14 | The child needed to be protected from Matthew . |
| 15 | The link between sex and morality needed to be cultivated and worked at , using every resource of civilization . |
| 16 | Indeed , by the middle of that year critics were saying that the cuts imposed at the time of the IMF crisis may have been too harsh , and that fixed investment in manufacturing capacity needed to be stepped up , even though it actually rose by 8 per cent in 1978 . |
| 17 | The farm work needed to be carefully planned so that only in extreme emergencies did the part-time farmer have to be recalled from his other employment . |
| 18 | This meant installing new plumbing , electrics , draining and the new handpainted pale-coloured units — we did n't realise how much work needed to be done , ’ says Julie . |
| 19 | Under the 1978 Act , which incorporates the terms of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 , redundancy may arise if the work needed to be done by an employee gets less or becomes unnecessary ( in changed economic conditions ) or is expected to diminish or come to an end . |
| 20 | The work needed to be co-ordinated by the social worker , with rehabilitation specialists , to assist the couple as a system to cope with the change in their previous patterns of interaction . |
| 21 | A lot of them were in no fit state to know if work needed to be done on their homes or how much it would cost them . ’ |
| 22 | Another development in market research was the ‘ lifestyle questionnaire ’ , but Mr Mouncey warned that a lot more work needed to be done in this area as the response rate was generally low and not statistically significant . |
| 23 | More work needed to be done to clarify and strengthen international law , particularly in relation to human rights . |
| 24 | Activity : Some progress was recorded at the Djibouti summit on measures to improve food security and drought and famine early warning systems , but more work needed to be done before a second conference with donor countries could be convened , following that of March 1987 , to obtain funding and technical support for a further series of projects . |
| 25 | The weather had changed abruptly from unseasonably hot to unusually chilly , and most of her shopping needed to be done outdoors in Chapel market . |
| 26 | Another important aspect for me was to recognize that the health sector needed to be allied with the most significant political forces working for the kind of changes that would help ensure healthy public policy . |
| 27 | Neither boy needed to be told twice . |
| 28 | The 1989 Act needed to be much firmer , with a time limit imposed , if government is serious about equalising the workforce . |
| 29 | He said a study showed that the 30-year-old Aviemore Centre required ‘ more or less total renovation ’ , and that a road spur needed to be built off the A9 bypass . |
| 30 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |