Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electorate did not need to be a democratic one , and as a general rule was not ; all that was needed was an electorate consisting of the men of substance , so that the government would be responsive to their choices . |
| 2 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
| 3 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 4 | Of 60 fund managers asked last year , 55 did not regard IR officers as their primary company contacts ; 33 thought that British industry did not need any more IR consultants . |
| 5 | Staff in the Banking industry do not need to be programmed into how to handle a customer . |
| 6 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ That car does n't need a label . |
| 8 | The advantage of using the OSCLI command is that you can use a variable for the file name and the command does not need to be the last ( or only ) one on a line . |
| 9 | The Inland Revenue does not need to prosecute because they have powers to exert penalties similar to a fine , and basically they want to get the money back . |
| 10 | But because these books are written with a greater apparent degree of realism , the murder does not need to be the attention-grabbing , bizarre affair of the blueprint book . |
| 11 | ‘ My club does n't need gimmicks . |
| 12 | Torture does not need to be a male preserve , she says . |
| 13 | That fear does n't need to be there . |
| 14 | When the day is fine the roof does n't need mending ; when it 's raining it 's not the right weather do to it ! ’ |
| 15 | This wo n't work for a single motif , but how about a single motif in black , knitted against a striped background of bright jewel colours , or white on pastel stripes ? ( for this , the card does n't need to be reversed of course . ) |
| 16 | In public the White House maintains that the president does not need a congressional resolution at all to use force . |
| 17 | The Church should not be helping him up , but helping him over : false optimism does not need a helping hand ; it needs firstly the truth , and secondly love to salve the lost illusions and move on to a fuller humanity ( Walker 1986 : 214 ) . |
| 18 | The Chief Constable did not need to think twice to realise that there was only one place those powerful signals could be coming from . |
| 19 | The machine does not need to know anything : it has to perform a task . |
| 20 | Moreover , the Company Act seeks to encourage foreign investment specifically by providing that a less-than-majority stake does not need government approval — an incentive , of course , to joint ventures . |
| 21 | The ignition does not need to be retarded on your carburettor engine to run on lead free . |
| 22 | On it I shall argue that there is nothing that can not be understood , that there is nothing that can not be explained , and that everything is extraordinarily simple A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation . |
| 23 | ‘ Archaeology needs treasure hunting more than treasure hunting needs archaeology ’ , Garrett is more cautious , stating that archaeology does indeed need ‘ us ’ but that … |
| 24 | ‘ Now , Pip , ’ said Joe , rather offended , ‘ that question does n't need an answer . |
| 25 | So it seems likely that just as a youngster does not need to learn to be afraid or to feel secure , they also respond instinctively from birth to the underlying mood of the call — like the predatory roar of a lion , the angry bellow of an enraged bull , the contented moo of a grazing cow or the eminently social bleatings of sheep , keeping the flock together . |
| 26 | ‘ The people of the GDR do not need lectures on this subject from outsiders , ’ commented Dr Kohl , adding that Mr Gorbachev 's survival was vital for the wider movement to democracy and reform in eastern Europe . |
| 27 | Though all members of a cycle group do not need to be competent in all five of the recognised face skills , the team as a whole must be able to deploy sufficient resources on each shift to man the roles likely to arise . |
| 28 | His arms tightened around her and desire did n't need to be summoned consciously . |
| 29 | When this happens , attention does not need to be directed to decoding and it can be released for the integration of word meanings . |
| 30 | This ray does not need to move very much because its electricity does most of the work of catching food . |