Example sentences of "need is to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |
| 2 | All it needs is to be made to fit . |
| 3 | ‘ Apart from that , all you need is to be passed fit and healthy for a doctor 's examination . ’ |
| 4 | What many need is to be told that they can achieve something more constructive than a profit from others ' financial predicament . |
| 5 | ‘ I live 20 minutes away from the set , but when you are working 16 hours a day the last thing you need is to be in a foreign country with a small child . |
| 6 | I am ashamed to say that I have heard this said by social workers : ‘ all they really need is to be warm , comfortable and well fed ’ . |
| 7 | But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other , the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them , just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions : all they need is to be fed the right blueprints . |
| 8 | What I need is to be alone . ’ |
| 9 | Easson noted : ‘ One of the things we need is to be together with these guys for a lengthier period , whether pre-season , or an off-season tour . ’ |