Example sentences of "[conj] his need for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wilfred became a socialist and an Anglo-Catholic ; and Ronnie was driven by both his logic and his need for security into Roman Catholicism . |