Example sentences of "needed was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some political activists concluded from this that what was needed was to ‘ empower the poor ’ , encourage their civic and political participation as a way to redress the balance , give them the strength to organize in such a way as to make effective claims on society , to receive those citizen 's rights to which they were said to be entitled . |
| 2 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 3 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 4 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 5 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 6 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |