Example sentences of "require [is] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What the rule of compulsion seems to require is that there is no practical choice but to pay in the circumstances , or to put it another way , before a payment will be regarded as involuntary there must be some natural or threatened exercise of power possessed by the party receiving it over the person or property of the taxpayer for which he has no immediate relief than to make the payment …
2 All it requires is a little homework . ’
3 Indeed , as we shall see in the final chapter , one of the principal skills a drama teacher requires is the ability to recognise the potential and suitability of each mode for the particular topic and the particular group and to recognise that the incipient performance mode in dramatic playing and the incipient dramatic playing mode in performance provide the means for an imperceptible movement between the two .
4 All it requires is that its instructions will reflect the reasons which apply to its subjects , i.e. that they should require action which is justifiable by the reasons which apply to the subjects .
5 It resolves the puzzle of why the Earth cooled even while the concentration of carbon dioxide was continuing to grow exponentially , and all it requires is a peak change in solar luminosity of just 0.28 per cent over the 76-year cycle , producing a maximum influence on surface temperatures on Earth of only 0.28°C .
6 But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies .
7 All it requires is that the political label , whatever it is , should make a disproportionately strong appeal to the members of the ethnic group .
8 All this offence now requires is that the vehicle in question is mechanically propelled .
9 One of the elements it nearly always requires is a new senior team .
10 A promising line of thought , due to McDowell , is that all one requires is transfer of information simpliciter .
11 One of the ingredients it requires is hydrogen , a gas that is produced in great quantities during volcanic eruptions .
12 What Einstein requires is that no messages should be transmitted which would , for example , permit clocks at A and B to be synchronised simultaneously .
13 The methods themselves also divide into two broad categories : ( a ) direct methods , in which the solution requires is reached in a finite , predictable number of operations ; ( b ) indirect methods , in which the solution is usually obtained by successive approximation procedures , when the number of operations is determined by the rate of convergence .
14 But when all is said and done , what innovation requires is hard , focused , purposeful work .
15 What Julius Caesar , and Renaissance drama generally , requires is a rethinking of how characters work as representations , a challenge to find a critical language which enables us to rethink the relation between symbol and character in a sophisticated way .
16 What this requires is an agreed upon standard of measurement such that we can say that we have a unit of measurement and can give a precise quantitative expression to distances between the various points .
17 The extra processing it requires is rewarded by an improvement in the hearer 's encyclopedic entries which ensures a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text .
18 I think trying to keep something very simple erm you know a simple rule for everyone to follow and all that that following this protocol requires is that er that the urologist is at least partially sighted .
19 ‘ All it now requires is your signature on the bottom line . ’
20 The first and essential thing that you will require is your mortgage .
21 What it would require is a reassessment of certain aspects of our criminal procedure .
22 I do n't the membership will want a revolution but what we do require is that evolution considered carefully so we do n't stand still and keep our head in the sands and I give you insurance that is what is , is happening .
23 What we require is a National Emergency Government , but no two men I meet can agree how this can be formed .
24 The part you require is FRC 2859 It should fit straight on
25 The part you require is 560794 ( Genuine Parts ) This is equivalent to GTRIII which is a Unipart number As you have fitted two of these to no avail I would try the gauge itself As your Land Rover has been fitted with a non-original switch to work the glow plugs and this has caught fire , there may have been a short circuit which damaged the voltage stabiliser and temperature sender unit and has probably damaged the gauge itself The colour of the sender unit is not significant
26 The shot we require is of an American Trident missile being launched from a submarine and eventually going out of control .
27 What we require is practice and faith .
28 All that you require is a separate breeding tank , facilities to provide live foods of a small-enough size for the new fry , some high protein fry foods , various nets , egg disinfectants , and sundries .
29 What we require is a formulation of that universal imperative to take into account in choices which imposes its authority whenever something is recognized to exist , whenever it confronts us as not illusory but real .
30 These are discrete behaviours and all they require is a simple tick every time they are observed .
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