Example sentences of "need [conj] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needs and wants are often similar , but it is good practice to assume there may be a distinction . |
| 2 | Although both sets of authors make recommendations for the creation of a broadcasting ( and media ) system to cater for the British public and its needs and wants , they differ enormously in their interpretations of what those needs and wants are . |
| 3 | Its primary concern is to find out what its customers needs and wants are so as to meet them with the highest level of customer satisfaction . |
| 4 | Comparison of the modal use of these two verbs with what occurs in affirmative contexts shows that when need and dare are positively asserted , the needing and daring are necessarily felt to represent before- positions relative to the infinitive 's event . |
| 5 | When , however , need and dare are used non-assertively , it is possible for the speaker to feel that there is nothing real ( no real need or daring ) situated in time to constitute a before-position in relation to the event evoked by the infinitive , and so to use the bare infinitive after these verbs as with the modals . |