Example sentences of "[noun] need [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , if the linker needle is bent the same applies , but machine needles get bent more frequently than the linker needle , the weighting needs to be correct .
2 The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow .
3 This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative .
4 Such a framework needs to be flexible enough to move with the times , keep abreast of public sympathy , but ensure that their control over our lives remains essentially untouched .
5 At the initial design stage , and during the implementation of the program , the programmer needs to be aware of and act upon a number of factors .
6 Being designed by a small three-man team , financial and organizational support needs to be forthcoming if BSO is to have an assured future .
7 A French company wishing to build a plant in West Germany needs to be able to turn its French francs into D-marks .
8 The central vision area of the retina needs to be intact for it to be possible to discriminate sharp , fine images .
9 The first decision to be faced is whether the institution needs to be able to make its own recordings .
10 It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines .
11 The industry needs to be clear :
12 The pound needs to be stable long term .
13 A horse needs to be able to use its different senses of sight , hearing , touch , smell , and taste , and to perceive change and variety .
14 Anyone considering selling by auction needs to be aware that the costs involved will be higher .
15 The programme needs to be practical so that patients can apply what they have learned to their own situations .
16 Indeed , a good strong stock needs to be able to get rid of all it has to push into the scion , without any hindrance .
17 ‘ Partnership ’ is an acknowledgement that business will not invest without encouragement , combined with a view that long-term investment needs to be self-sustaining .
18 A spiritual void needs to be satisfied , so what is offered as serious and sacrosanct must be as good as it pretends .
19 Anyone who is charged with running classes , sections of schools or whole schools needs to be aware of what those assumptions are and of their effects .
20 Each geographical area served by different teams of people from different organizations needs to be small enough for all the individuals to get to know each other , so that good personal working relationships are fostered and liaison between services is optimized .
21 From 1742 Methodist societies were organized into ‘ classes ’ of 8–10 persons , each with a leader , based on Wesley 's conviction that spiritual oversight needed to be intimate and personal .
22 Key farm workers such as foremen and stockmen need to be close at hand to the farm and in these locations there are often very few other dwellings available .
23 The kids need to be able to learn how to say no .
24 Units need to be able to offer the highest standards of hygiene while maintaining a homely atmosphere .
25 Before the selection process begins , candidates need to be clear about what the job abroad entails .
26 There is an ever-growing amount of musical material in this genre and musicians and clergy need to be wise and selective in their choice of it .
27 Within their own scale of operations all animals need to be able to impose an appearance of order upon their environment ; they need to be able to discriminate favourable ( normal ) from unfavourable ( abnormal ) situations .
28 The first suggestion implies that context pre-exposure should make subsequently acquired latent inhibition less likely to be context-specific — subjects need to be prepared to learn about the context if context-specificity is to occur .
29 The Forces were potentially a very profitable area , he added , but relationships need to be long-term .
30 Third parties need to be alert to the possibility of change and to the actual practices of the body .
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