Example sentences of "would [verb] [been] needed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strong central control would have been needed for their successful operation on the scale archaeologists envisage . |
| 2 | A new owner , or his agent , may have found too many properties to maintain , at the same time new premises would have been needed for managers in a central or more convenient position relative to the estate , or within reach of an important market . |
| 3 | No , a peasant 's hovel would n't have such a thing , but surely a fire would have been needed for cooking ? |
| 4 | The two ladies in attendance on the Queen had been banished to a corner of the solar , where they sat talking quietly , half hidden by a carved wooden screen , but only the slightest effort would have been needed for either of them to overhear the interrogation going on by the fireplace . |
| 5 | The French Communist Party ( PCF ) , whose votes would have been needed for its success , boycotted the session ; it had declared that while it did not support the government , it would not vote for the motion , which it described as a " manoeuvre " . |