Example sentences of "[conj] it need [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an initial paradox here of some importance for the future : the monastic life which he found at Canterbury appeared to him so decayed that it needed a new beginning , yet he did not sweep it away and establish an up-to-date archiepiscopal church served by a community of secular clerks , on the pattern of Rouen or Lyons or most other cathedral churches in Europe . |
| 2 | It was very dimly aware that it needed a new type of thought . |
| 3 | Perhaps the problem with the machine , thought many of the intellectuals , was that it needed a new design and improved principles to guide it . |
| 4 | The crisis made TI realise that it needed a radical change of direction if it was to survive in the future . |
| 5 | Paley knew that it needed a special explanation ; Darwin knew it , and I suspect that in his heart of hearts my philosopher companion knew it too . |
| 6 | In this case , as the sales information was neither a trade secret nor could be regarded as so confidential that it needed the same protection as a trade secret , the appeal failed . |
| 7 | The reason for the bird 's big feet is that it needs a large shovel with which to pile up the mound of compost , earth and leaf litter in which the fowl buries and incubates its single very large egg . |
| 8 | Its answer to the problem is either that it is entitled to more money from central Government , regardless of how much its rate support grant for the social services sector has risen , or that it needs the unfettered right to raise further taxes locally . |
| 9 | Right , and it needs a new battery as well I think |
| 10 | Females of the three species have sombre plumage of dark brown , and it needs a practised eye to tell female king eider from common eider . |
| 11 | On a Saturday , when the front platform was piled high with suitcases , his job was even more difficult , and it needed a strong arm to operate the hand-brake effectively on these 18-ton cars . |
| 12 | In the case of family planning , the inter-uterine contraceptive device ( IUCD ) was launched in India in the mid-1960s before adequate research showed that many women were physically unsuited to it , and it needed a high level of professional judgement on the part of the paramedical staff inserting it . |
| 13 | However , the Baltimore was a good aircraft and it needed a direct hit to knock one down and so , despite our damage , I was able to get the aircraft back to base . ’ |
| 14 | They went begging and it needed an excellent save from goalkeeper Roberts to deny Saunders again in the 76th minute . |
| 15 | Looks as if it needs a good smack ! |
| 16 | If it needs a round connection box ( known as a conduit box or BESA box ) recessed into the wall to contain the connections , chop out the recess and fit the box in place , then feed in the supply cable and make the connections to the fitting . |
| 17 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 18 | DataViews is very much a player in the more stable market sector , but it needs a stronger presence in more dynamic growth areas . |
| 19 | ‘ They say that Birmingham is a sleeping giant and it is but it needs a massive injection of money . |
| 20 | But it needed a full-time crammer to get you there and you 're still below average . |
| 21 | Before the show , the uniforms were approved by 93 per cent of serving soldiers , but it needed a practised eye to seek out details that distinguished the new gear from smart civilian clothes . |
| 22 | But it needed the right impetus to get him out of it . |
| 23 | Goblander was not just an anagram on old banger , it really expressed the way that decrepit old van had of gobbling up petrol as it chugged through the countryside making awful noises because it needed a new silencer . |
| 24 | It left quite an impression , because it needed the brilliant virtuosity that Repin already had at that time , and it needed powerful playing from the orchestra , not just loud but with a lot of richness for the fast passages — you know how to judge a great orchestra when you hear let's say thousands of notes in a few seconds , and there 's still a special timbre . |
| 25 | Welsh rugby needed last year 's tour , with its half-century hammerings , as much as it needs the All Blacks here now . |