Example sentences of "need [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel . |
| 2 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 3 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 4 | The best thing would probably be just to walk around to keep warm and then to snatch a little rest in a doorway somewhere if need be . |
| 5 | To disappear the young men into their own terrain , make use of every cave and wood ( and send them over the water if need be ) ? |
| 6 | So sign your names , friends , or make a mark if need be . |
| 7 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 8 | There need be no movement . |
| 9 | If the coil is positioned for maximum output an offset adjustment equal to the mean magnitude of the field is required , but need be no more complicated than an offset bias to the following amplifier input . |
| 10 | The mobilisation of the militias has been accompanied by letters in the press , supposedly from members , calling for tough action against ‘ subversive provocation ’ and vowing to ‘ stop these counter-revolutionary actions for once and for all - with weapons if need be ’ . |
| 11 | The letter in the Leipziger Volkszeitung called for the use of ‘ weapons , if need be ’ . |
| 12 | WHILE the East German leadership yesterday remained defiantly committed to another Tiananmen Square if need be , local party officials increasingly called for openness and dialogue with the opposition . |
| 13 | Great care would be taken during the whole operation , and there need be no fears that varieties could be incorrectly named or labels lost . |
| 14 | The price at which timber for building is bought has been higher than it need be and the amount much smaller for two reasons : Government buying and Government decisions . |
| 15 | She got an enthusiastic response , ‘ Of course , Mrs Petherington , I can stay in through my lunch-break if need be . |
| 16 | And in addition , since the writer disassociates herself and most ‘ caring and considerate people ’ from the people who caused Zahira 's experiences , it suggests that nothing need be done to change the set-up which resulted in her tragic experience , that citizens whose government is racist and oppressive are in no way responsible for its policies . |
| 17 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |
| 18 | If need be , for generosity of vision , for elegance , for dignity ; for buildings which would raise our spirits and our faith in commercial enterprise , and prove that capitalism can have a human face . |
| 19 | Pakistan and India could be avoided , if need be , by using Colombo , but , after the Suez crisis , the Government of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) had demanded the closure of British bases on the island . |
| 20 | The other Andeans say they will go on with free trade without Ecuador , if need be . |
| 21 | That need be no great problem : if it falls too quickly , central banks can cut interest rates , as the Fed has , to brake the decline . |
| 22 | Though Microsoft offers its programs on three different operating systems — DOS , OS/2 and Apple Macintosh — only about one-fifth of the program need be tinkered with to shift from one computer to another . |
| 23 | Finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrial countries agreed to intervene in financial markets if need be . |
| 24 | Snow does have a certain corpuscular arrangement , which fits it to produce ideas of coldness and of whiteness in us ; but just as there is nothing in fire resembling our idea of pain , so there need be nothing in snow resembling the whiteness and coldness it appears to have . |
| 25 | When judgement has been obtained against a man in respect of any debt or liability , it will be enforced , if need be , by execution , i.e. the court will make an order , under which a sufficient part of the debtor 's property is seized and sold or otherwise made available for payment . |
| 26 | I heard someone say the other day that modern people treat the Ten Commandments like examination questions : only four need be attempted . |
| 27 | No atheist need be surprised that the twentieth century has seen so massive an increase in greed , social disorder and mass violence . |
| 28 | He is large Minnie and loud and not altogether sensible often and I would have no other man in the house to manage him if need be . |
| 29 | Consequently only short range variations and perturbations in the field need be considered when studying the behaviour of a particle . |
| 30 | If the degree of rotation was very small , so that for each dot the nearest neighbour is its own image , this would not be surprising : all that need be done is to draw imaginary lines between all pairs of nearest neighbours , and those lines will circle the centre of rotation . |