Example sentences of "desperate need [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In desperate need of love vibes , the audience descended like a pack of ravenous wolves on St Etienne , not least because this duo of Thunderbird puppets in polo necks are now fronted solely by Stephanie , a dead ringer for the teenage Bardot who gambols about the stage in such a display of unrestrained delight , that you think ‘ this is the real thing ’ . |
| 2 | This was chiefly because Mr Jones was absorbed with what he had read about ‘ problem children ’ being in desperate need of love and attention and at first all he wanted was professional guidance on how to give it more effectively . |
| 3 | I do n't know , but maybe tomorrow you will come across someone who is homeless — maybe in desperate need of help , maybe asleep and just wishing , for the moment , to be left in peace . |
| 4 | But while the famine there has held centre stage , Oxfam say many other African nations are in desperate need of help . |
| 5 | No child in this country is in such desperate need of help as those in Somalia . |
| 6 | Such was John 's desperate need of money that substantial sums were ordered to be paid by the ‘ collectors of the fine ’ directly to the king 's servants and into the king 's Chamber . |
| 7 | Henry III continued to be in desperate need of money , however , and resorted yet again to the expedient of ordering large-scale sales of forest timber . |
| 8 | Guide us Lord , to know when to speak and what to say , and fill us with your love that we may be able to act as the bringers of peace to those in desperate need of peace and reconciliation . |
| 9 | But then , of course , the club had a desperate need of publicity to keep their generous new sponsors happy . |
| 10 | Motherwell Diocesan SVDP have furniture projects in Wishaw and Easterhouse helping families in desperate need of furniture and clothing . |
| 11 | Never forget colleagues , that there are thousands and thousands of young people in our society who are frustrated , disappointed , angry and in desperate need of union protection . |
| 12 | ‘ Regulation of banking and financial services is in desperate need of overhaul . ’ |
| 13 | It produces a good number of peaches every August but the greenhouse is in desperate need of replacement and she does n't have to , want to have to put another one in that position so is there anything cheap , she says , that she could do to help the tree to survive and fruit in a large open garden in Preston in Lancashire without the greenhouse , Walter ? |
| 14 | Besieged and beleagued town in desperate need of food and medical supplies . |
| 15 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 16 | But both the vicarage and the church itself are in desperate need of repair . |
| 17 | They were in desperate need of repair , and there was never enough hot water to heat the pipes . |
| 18 | Shooter , of Southbrae Drive , Jordanhill , Glasgow , claimed to represent an organisation called Midas which had political objectives and was in desperate need of funds . |
| 19 | The Teleuts needed Russian trade and agricultural products and the Russians were in desperate need of leather goods , cattle , horses and women . |
| 20 | Darlington have a tough run in to their league programme and are in desperate need of points to stay in division one of the North-Eastern League . |
| 21 | He suffered a desperate need of heat , and on occasion would come to school with a great hole in the back calf of his trousers , surrounded by scorch marks . |
| 22 | Behind the image of pride they hide their desperate need of acceptance , which they seek in everything they do , though they would never admit to it . |
| 23 | The novena was organised by the Our Lady of Pity Sanctity of Life Group , and was a response to the desperate need for prayer and for education of life issues . |
| 24 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 25 | I think there 's a desperate need for people to actually be prepared to learn the skills and to do the very , very difficult work of doing that . |
| 26 | To a large extent these developments were stimulated by the king 's desperate need for finance , but his exploitation of the political defeat of the Contrariants also involved a massive administrative operation : both factors explain why the expansion largely took place in the treasury and exchequer . |
| 27 | Even Marie herself might have confessed to you that it was ‘ daft ’ : she saw how improbable it was , but in her desperate need for comfort , for attention and affection , she still believed it … . |
| 28 | AN anonymous businessman has donated a van to Kirkby Community Action team after the Echo reported its desperate need for transport . |
| 29 | When adult , this type may be prone to violent rages and self-righteous anger , which seem to erupt for no apparent reason , but which stem from a desperate need for self-assertion . |