Example sentences of "needed to be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We began to treat him like a strange alien person who need to be over-protected , who needed to be shielded from outsiders and the press . |
| 2 | But it was not only the women of England , with their crinolined frailties , who needed to be shielded from the details . |
| 3 | Some analysts claimed that the system intensified work discipline and stress ; for supporters , EPoSS enabled management to identify staff who needed to be withdrawn for ‘ training ’ . |
| 4 | In their enthusiastic welcome for the referendum result , Lithuanian leaders pointed out that many ethnic Poles and Russians ( who made up 20 per cent of Lithuania 's population ) must have voted for independence , contradicting Soviet allegations that Lithuania 's minorities felt persecuted and needed to be defended by Soviet troops . |
| 5 | It was a messy sacrifice , since the shaman ( the very same who had advised the Keraing to avoid the sea , and Laba to avoid the land ) was such a trembling wreck that he could barely hold the machete and needed to be supported from both sides to avoid falling on his face . |
| 6 | Such beliefs that society needed to be reconstructed with new cultural values implied the revolutionary transformation of individuals . |
| 7 | Provision needed to be made for dowager widows , and for younger sons and for daughters , and perhaps for other persons . |
| 8 | The fact that heads and teachers of very differing professional styles and values were working in Leeds throughout this period demonstrates , of course , that other factors were at work and that the wilder accusations of patronage which came our way needed to be treated with considerable caution . |
| 9 | You know maybe a vacuum that needed to be filled by and They looked at the case of the quarry strike and it 's sort of so glaring obvious for men and women all over the country that it 's er really a case of er wo working men and women being erm well being trampled upon really . |
| 10 | This , however , was no more than a ‘ general outline ’ which needed to be developed in detail by the scholarly community ; indeed it was ‘ vitally necessary ’ that they do so . |
| 11 | In cases where a patient needed to be referred to a specialty , usually orthopaedics for digital nerve or tendon injuries , a registrar or consultant had made the referral on my behalf . |
| 12 | For the individual the Ka was not essentially eternal in the new life but needed to be sustained with offerings of food and drink and all good things . |
| 13 | Although somewhat hazy about the precise nature of these forces , Morgenthau was clear that the subject needed to be elevated to a science ; otherwise its radical message for American policy would be undermined by the wishful thinking of those wanting to return to a pre-war policy of isolationism . |
| 14 | Anna needed society and needed to be accepted by people . |
| 15 | Merton admits his first own series was rushed and that more material needed to be written for each show . |
| 16 | He said a study showed that the 30-year-old Aviemore Centre required ‘ more or less total renovation ’ , and that a road spur needed to be built off the A9 bypass . |
| 17 | Roads were built by law and roads ‘ opened up ’ jungles ; so a constant battle of education and persuasion needed to be waged by ACSS and other pressure groups on the government . |
| 18 | To come into being , however , EDC needed to be ratified by all its members , and this soon proved very difficult , particularly in France . |
| 19 | Group testing received its first big boost when the US entered World War 1 in 1917 to provide for the rapid classification of a million and a half recruits who needed to be assigned to suitable roles in the military machine . |
| 20 | They needed to be positioned inside departments ' own policy units or inside Number 10 itself rather than stumbling around Whitehall in an unguided way . |
| 21 | During initial exchanges , delegates agreed that at least 1 million barrels per day ( bpd ) needed to be lopped from the cartel 's total production of more than 25 million bpd to avoid an oil glut during the second quarter of the year , when demand generally slumps with the onset of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere . |
| 22 | True scientific investigation always revealed the workings of divine law , and the medical profession needed to be kept under constant surveillance , because their narrow commitment to materialistic principles overlooked moral considerations . |
| 23 | Although some of his referees had said he was ‘ extremely zealous ’ and needed to be kept within specific guidelines , at the time , that had struck Shaughnessy as a commendation rather than a reservation . |
| 24 | Thirdly , the growth of computerisation within the organisation allied to the advent of newer technologies meant that the ICL 1900 series computers were being phased out and needed to be replaced with systems which would meet company needs through the 1980's . |
| 25 | The settlement brought great relief to the whole of the Public Relations Department and clearly the indigenous officers of it needed to be trained for the new situation . |
| 26 | Her attitude were extremely paternalistic and authoritarian , and based on the idea that poor people needed to be trained in household management , so that they would be able to pay their rent more regularly . |
| 27 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
| 28 | Evolutionism provided a parallel source of materialist concepts , but needed to be turned into a laboratory-based subject if it was to fit the new model . |
| 29 | Inclusion of the hospital as a training school for assistant nurses was under consideration , but he felt that the nursing and domestic staff needed to be reinforced before that were done . |
| 30 | stated that it was a privilege to have several members present from North America , and consideration needed to be given to the possibility of forming a North American Division . |