Example sentences of "his need for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assessment would probably be more realistic with Mark at home , given adequate community and extended family support ; his needs for attachment would be prejudiced by a move . |
| 2 | A child may appear before a hearing for reasons other than offences ; and he will have a disposal tailored to his needs for care rather than to the seriousness of the offence ; and a child may not only be put under a supervision requirement for reasons other than an offence , but he may remain under such a requirement for a period of years for reasons completely unconnected with breaches of the criminal law . |
| 3 | It ought to be remembered that he was still forced to wear a truss because of his congenital hernia — no one has speculated on the physiological origins of his need for order and control — and that he was a victim of tachycardia . |
| 4 | In between times , among the many kinds of racing in which Mario indulged his taste for speed — and his need for money — there had been a bunch of sports-car races for Ferrari , generally teamed up with Ickx , the team-leader . |
| 5 | She understood his need for sport , because she too enjoyed exercise ; what she did not understand was his need to punish himself with such dangerous activities . |
| 6 | Coleridge 's moods are most accurately grouped around his need for love , |
| 7 | They had stopped because of his need for rest . |
| 8 | As is always the case with the privilege against self-incrimination , the greater the fraud or other wrongdoing of the person claiming the privilege , the greater , it is said , is his need for protection . |
| 9 | Jean-Claude was inspired to compose by loss ; but because his desire for the past was stronger than his need for fulfilment in the present , his life and work were continually on the brink of dissolution . |
| 10 | Though each of the others vanished and reappeared like fragments floating round a pool , Pipkin never left him ; and his need for encouragement became at last Hazel 's only support against his own weariness . |
| 11 | His need for comfort overrode every other consideration and Julia cradled his head with one arm , stroking his thick , soft hair with the other hand . |
| 12 | Wilfred became a socialist and an Anglo-Catholic ; and Ronnie was driven by both his logic and his need for security into Roman Catholicism . |
| 13 | I put this down as a reason for brother Carl 's behaviour and shortcomings ; his tantrums , his many displays of neurosis , his lack of tolerance with others , and his need for understanding — which we , his brothers and sisters , failed to give . |
| 14 | Mrs Jones needs a closer and better relationship with the psychiatric services ; she needs to get them to listen to her needs and she also needs someone to provide practical help with money problems for her son , someone who can discuss work opportunities , recognize his need for friendship and help him think about his future . |