Example sentences of "a [adv] need " in BNC.

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1 The first example of equipment redeployment came in 1982 when the then director ( Cyril Bleasdale ) , faced with a serious downturn on Great Western sub-sector services out of Paddington , decided to move ten HSTs to the Midland main line so that a badly needed improvement could be implemented on this potentially profitable and much neglected route .
2 The golf course is a badly needed amenity in the Killyleagh area .
3 Group 4 says it 's providing a badly needed service .
4 Horse manure , horse muck or just plain horse shit , depending on your susceptibilities , was a much needed and highly effective fertiliser for the allotments , and so from an early age a daily chore was to keep an eye open for droppings , grab your shovel and bucket and run out to scoop it up .
5 A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband .
6 But the heavy rain has been welcomed by the British Waterways , as a much needed boost for its canals and reservoirs which have been kept low during this year 's long , hot summer .
7 Mainly because of Mr Pramual 's opposition a much needed increase in interest rates was delayed until last week .
8 It is a much needed long-term approach to widening life chances for people who can all too easily be consigned to standardized services and to cramped , narrow , and stultifying lives — but it requires significant resources .
9 He was the author of some works on gardening , but he lacked the experience to produce a much needed comprehensive practical guide book .
10 We are grateful to Ken Byron for setting up a much needed journal in Drama and Dance Education .
11 The First Floor Departure Lounge in the modern terminal provides Larne with a much needed conference and exhibition centre capable of handling numbers up to 400 persons .
12 In addition to providing a much needed resource you want to enhance the school 's reputation , gain publicity , strengthen the school 's identity or link parents more closely to the school .
13 Comic disruption becomes a much needed gesture of resistance to prevailing conditions in America .
14 Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene .
15 His marriage in 1914 to Florence Emily Dugdale , his companion and secretary for many years , and 40 years his junior , brought a much needed order and peace to his later years .
16 This seems to suggest that the policy of the 1974 Act is the recognition that there is a need for industrial waste to be disposed of , and the companies doing so are providing a much needed service , but such operations ought to be closely controlled to ensure that any interference on the surrounding locality is minimal .
17 In fact , most mortgages require that the structure of your home is insured , which of course is a much needed security in the event of burst pipes or flooding .
18 This would include agreeing to set holiday breaks each year when other relatives and friends or an outside helping agency can take over , so that the carers get a much needed break .
19 The evening turned into a much needed social outing .
20 To support the operation , in 1977 BOC purchased 30 per cent of the shares in the company , so giving me a much needed source of cash .
21 Whitaker and Givens give the proceedings a much needed lift and the latter shows promise and the conniving seductress .
22 She lives with her husband and four children in Liphook and is hoping enough people will sponsor her run to raise a much needed £18,000 for the West Sussex Macmillan Service , which includes Haslemere , Hindhead and Liphook in its area .
23 Under the leadership of Paulinho Paiakan ( Chief of the Kayapo people ) the Xavante , the Arara , the Gaviao and the Yanomami stood firm against the might of money and earned their territories a much needed respite .
24 As infants slowly become aware of the mother as a separate person , they see her as the owner of a much needed resource .
25 However , her expression of anger kept him in touch with that unrecognized part of himself , just as his control gave her a much needed boundary .
26 Recognising the problem , district councillors have come up with a much needed cash injection to ease the crisis .
27 Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated .
28 I definitely think we 've found a niche , not just in a business sense , but in the sense of providing a much needed service to dog owners , and I think we all need some helpful service nowadays , rather than being told to go elsewhere . ’
29 Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won .
30 He has provided a much needed corrective to the over-individualistic approach to conversion which has been characteristic of many western evangelists and missionaries .
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