Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] need a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 CROOKS may soon need a lotta bottle to operate on housing estates in Middlesbrough .
2 We may just need a bit of fine tuning on the day . ’
3 With Netters you can get away with about twenty , but you 'll still need a Boss , standard , drummer/horn blower , and a Big Boss if possible .
4 Although lasers have been dropping in price , you 'll still need a budget of around £500 , whereas inkjets start at around £150 .
5 But we do take some of them on for work experience — we have to remember that we 'll always need a pool of new photographers to choose from . ’
6 Claims of up to £1,000 can be made in the small claims court , but in larger , more unusual cases you 'll probably need a solicitor whose fees will be paid by the hairdresser if you win the case .
7 You 'll also need a quantity of bitumen emulsion for use as a tack coat over the existing surface .
8 So if you can find an example in your workbook , and you can find your Covermaster rate book , and you 'll also need a calculator .
9 The patient and carer might also need a home help to clean the house or flat , or the social worker may call in ‘ care assistants ’ , who are trained in very basic nursing skills , if the patient is too heavy for the carer to handle and move about alone .
10 Canoeists and boaters who use the last freely navigable river in England could soon need a licence before getting on the water .
11 I 'd still need a car .
12 I could lean forward till my head was between my metatarsals and they 'd still need a zoom lens to catch even a hint of Page 3 .
13 If we were doing it seven days a week , fair enough , you 'd probably need a chainsaw but anything , the loppers or the handsaw .
14 A garden tap may also need a double-check valve — see page 122 .
15 You may also need a cross-head screwdriver for some fittings : choose a Phillips type which will fit all crosshead screws .
16 You may also need a solicitor to defend you before a VAT tribunal or to fight tax assessment .
17 ‘ If I build up my business the way I hope I can , I may well need a partner .
18 Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material .
19 Being by Sharpen Up , a proven ‘ sire of sires ’ , Sure Sharp would only need a bit more Pattern success to earn himself a place at stud .
20 Of course , this can be a problem when sleeping — you would still need a net or wire mesh on windows — given the danger of the garlic lodging in the throat .
21 Yesterday , a police spokesman said the classroom would probably need a joist in the ceiling replacing .
22 Incidentally , I trust that the fretwire used is up to scratch ; I 've recently seen a few Korean guitars with very soft fretwire which would probably need a re-fret after only a short time .
23 Peter and Jean Revers were so excited by the project they decided they would try living in America for a while as the new venture would clearly need a business manager .
24 Wh what you 're also saying is , is right though , that within that the danger is that inequalities get too great and you would also need a set of policies which would stop that inequality .
25 Liechtenstein would now need a modification in the legal basis of its relationship with its Swiss neighbour ; under the 1923 agreement creating a customs union , it could not join any treaty to which Switzerland did not also adhere .
26 The centre-section stubs are wider than a standard forty-foot container , so each imported ‘ Coupe would almost need a box of its own ; not really an economical proposition with current £/; $ rates , 17.5 per cent VAT , et al .
27 Darlington Health Authority looks set to spend more than £48,000 on the latest equipment to improve treatment for patients who need gall bladders removing and alternative treatment for women who would otherwise need a hysterectomy for problems with the womb .
28 We will obviously need a period of consultation in government before we introduce legislation .
29 ‘ If a guy with a beard and a long , flowing robe is riding the donkey , ’ said a Football League spokesman dryly , ‘ he will still need a ticket ’ .
30 Even if the racket stays in the cupboard for six months it will still need a restring — the strings will have stretched and gone ‘ dead ’ .
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