Example sentences of "needs [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a letter from our Ken He writes , pensioners are now , are growing vi vital contingency including many active gift enable people with other use , there often made to feel unwanted , there commonly neglected and there needs are seldom frequently met . |
| 2 | The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages . |
| 3 | If all she needs is time to say yes , I 'll be your lover , then she has all the time in the world . |
| 4 | All it needs is to promise a high-powered investigation , such as a Royal Commission , into the practicalities of an alternative voting system ( surely justified by the intense public interest now abounding ) . |
| 5 | What he really needs is to have some blond streaks to lift it a shade or two . ’ |
| 6 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 7 | What it needs is some Herculean stable-cleaning . |
| 8 | ‘ All he needs is someone to take care of him , ’ she would always say of Seth , but lately she had n't been so sure . |
| 9 | ‘ What Dorothy needs is a breath or two of good fresh air , ’ said Mrs Hollidaye sharply . |
| 10 | All it needs is a 2m diameter hole , which can be in the kitchen , conservatory , garage , or wherever . |
| 11 | ‘ The last thing it needs is pupils walking around mucking it up . ’ |
| 12 | The driver turns the engine over a couple of times ; says , ‘ What it needs is a little push . ' ’ |
| 13 | But I know , and you should know , that imagination is not what counts at this stage of a young man 's career ; what he needs is application , study , repetition , diligent imitation and sincere admiration of his peers . |
| 14 | Glamorgan is way up on Devil 's Peak , and the sight of misty blue clouds hovering over its rocky peaks , so low that you feel that you could touch them , is so awe-inspiring that one feels all it needs is God 's voice thundering from the sky to make you fall flat on your face and worship . |
| 15 | Thus , in A Taste of Honey , all Jo really needs is adequate love from a properly caring mother ; instead she has to seek the transitory solace of a passing Black sailor . |
| 16 | It is more likely to increase his anger and feelings of rejection , just when what he needs is reassurance that you will still love him just as much . |
| 17 | Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development . |
| 18 | All it needs is , according to the copy , ‘ just a small adaption ’ . |
| 19 | ( b ) The election campaign It is not necessary for a candidate to have substantial support in order to stand ; all that he needs is the signature of 10 qualified electors . |
| 20 | What the game really needs is a career woman — or , at least , one whose idea of a good day 's work is n't in the ballroom with Colonel Mustard and a candlestick . |
| 21 | What she needs is a hard working man who can let her blossom as a person . ’ |
| 22 | I know one thing she needs is mail from home , as this cheers her up and reminds her she is not alone . |
| 23 | What it needs is an historian who is n't afraid to jazz things up a bit — sidestep the facts and move the goalposts . |
| 24 | Fingers crossed , all it needs is rest , ’ he said . |
| 25 | All it needs is the confidence a Conservative victory would bring . |
| 26 | Julie , 32 , said : ‘ All he needs is a candlestick and he 's a real-life Wee Willie Winkie . |
| 27 | ‘ Now all she needs is a bit of work over a mile and a quarter on Tuesday and she 'll be ready for Longchamp . |
| 28 | ‘ All she needs is a pat on the trunk and a sticky bun , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Not unexpectedly , Ian McGeechan was a bit more circumspect than his Wallaby counterpart , though : ‘ We have a very good game as it is , and the only thing it needs is to simplify the laws to achieve refereeing consistency . |
| 30 | ‘ All it needs is for a journalist to go down to Abbotsfield . ’ |