Example sentences of "[pos pn] need for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was out of the schoolroom , I had lost my need for a parent . |
| 2 | My need for a meal and bed overcame my apprehensions . |
| 3 | Hence their need for a human companion to placate the natives on their arrival . |
| 4 | For the politicians , and for those in charge of broadcasting , the problem was how to reconcile the need for accountability on the part of the broadcasters with their need for a maximum degree of autonomy so as to be able to carry out their work without undue political or other constraints . |
| 5 | Much of the speech by the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East , which lacked content , was taken up by a series of jealous tirades against the pay of people in the private sector who have satisfied shareholders , directors and other representatives of their need for a pay rise . |
| 6 | And studies have shown that if people are injected , even with not a drug that sort of , satisfies their need for a while , and what does work is a change of environment for people and that does come down to people not , you know , being able to work , people being unemployed , and also peer group pressure like th , the woman said over there . |
| 7 | Such an involvement , with its need for a clear and sensible understanding , may begin when screening tests reveal that the child a woman is carrying may be handicapped . |
| 8 | Informix says it recognises that implementing SNI 's dictionary is only an interim technical solution to what is a much wider problem — which is its need for a comprehensive , master dictionary that embraces a full range of its products . |
| 9 | The membership of this minority was never defined , nor was its need for a fundamentally different kind of teaching explained or justified . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it is commonly argued that the courts can fail to place a proper actuarial value on potential pension benefits and that ( typically in pursuit of a ‘ clean break ’ ) a divorcing wife 's loss of potential benefits can be ‘ traded off ’ or glossed over against her need for a home . |
| 11 | Yet despite his efforts , his wife shewed no sign of becoming pregnant and his need for a son remained unfulfilled . |
| 12 | So fascinated was he , that only occasionally did he remember to touch her , only once or twice interrupt her to bend and kiss her lips , and forgot completely his need for a cigarette . |
| 13 | Mr Ricks said Koresh had now told negotiators that astrological events were taking place that would meet his need for a sign from God . |
| 14 | Luxury hotels where every comfort is the key , with everything your need for a really relaxing weekend . |