Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] not need " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many believed that the United States did not need to intervene on this scale in the international economy . |
| 2 | The KGB did not need proof ; suspicion was more than enough . |
| 3 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 4 | Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were — apparitions of herself , her father . |
| 5 | Texas does not need the economic stimulus offered by Mr Clinton : the state has a muscular economy with an employment-growth rate that has exceeded the national average for the past three years ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 6 | Alida did not need her , Alida could surely manage , surely was not afraid to be left alone ? |
| 7 | Anabelle did not need to see more . |
| 8 | The very survival of his regime " proved " that Spain did not need the western democracies , from whose European Recovery Programme ( better known as the Marshall Plan ) Spain was excluded when it was launched in June . |
| 9 | Eva did not need to be asked twice . |
| 10 | Matthew did not need to ask why . |
| 11 | To start with , an attempt is made to find the answer by considering what Matroc 's competitors do and weighing up two possibilities : ( a ) Matroc 's competitors have company brochures and therefore Matroc has to do the same ; and ( b ) Matroc does not need to imitate its competitors . |
| 12 | Thus one SFA member of LIFFE does not need to send a market counterparty notice to another ( even , apparently , to deal in non-LIFFE investments , although that is unclear ) . |
| 13 | Mrs Maylie did not need persuading , and the doctor could not resist Rose 's tears . |
| 14 | The steady flow of emigrants from the British Isles meant that landowners in the West Indies did not need to look further afield to find workers for growing tobacco , for which they needed a relatively small labour force working all the year round . |
| 15 | in the middle of August , that the UK did not need a PWR , part of a debate not yet settled . |
| 16 | At the very least , a Channel 5 might convince the Government that perhaps the BBC does not need to take advertising just yet . |
| 17 | As a young scientist , Appleton did not need vast capital equipment to discover the phenomenon of ionised gas molecules in the ionosphere — ‘ the Appleton Layer ’ . |
| 18 | She sought to ‘ pacify ’ Miss T. and did not think that there was any problem as Miss T. did not need a blood transfusion . |
| 19 | Salah did not need to persuade himself ; and his Egyptian teacher was also anxious that his daughter should continue — — but he did not want her to be the only one . |
| 20 | Heydrich did not need to file a flight plan — had no intention of so doing-but he strolled to the control tower to tell them he was going for a spin . |
| 21 | The people knew God did not need to be fed by them — he was feeding them with manna . |
| 22 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 23 | God does not need to find out whether we will stand or fall . |
| 24 | Tony Benn , who Mr O'Neill recalled was a member of a Labour Cabinet committed to nuclear defence , insisted that Britain did not need nuclear weapons because there was no Soviet threat . |
| 25 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 26 | Iraq did not need a nuclear device , because it already had stocks of binary chemical weapons and , he went on , any country which threatened Iraq with an atomic bomb would be " annihilated " by the chemicals . |
| 27 | The two Germanys do not need foreign approval before moving towards confederation , the head of Chancellor Kohl 's Christian Democrat party , Mr Volker Ruehe , said in an interview published today . |
| 28 | The two Germanys do not need foreign approval before moving towards confederation , the head of Chancellor Kohl 's Christian Democrat party , Mr Volker Ruehe , said in an interview published today . |
| 29 | Uncle Alfred did not need coaxing . |
| 30 | No one is saying that Cairo does not need the repairs , but the disparity does show the imbalance that arises when aid goes to urban , high-technology programmes . |