Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [was/were] need for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bill to abolish the Scheme was meanwhile being rushed through Parliament , and a fresh ballot was needed for the strike . |
| 2 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 3 | Actually , shellac was perhaps the least important constituent ; the most important was slate dust , whose abrasive and gritty properties were needed for a rather unusual reason . |
| 4 | One of the partners in the scheme was Robert Southey , at that time a poet and rebel against established ideas like Coleridge himself ; married couples were needed for the venture , which of course fell through , leaving Coleridge rather unsuitably married to Southey 's sister-in-law . |
| 5 | If a new Prime Minister were needed for an emergency coalition and no obvious successor existed , the Sovereign would have to make the best choice possible . |
| 6 | The metal foil was there for use in the manufacture of goods of a common type which at all material times were needed for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 7 | Of course the Athenians took good care not to be wrongfooted morally : hence a religious aspect was needed for the punishment of an ostensibly religious offence . |
| 8 | While the agreement with the Ringaskiddy residents that they would allow interim dumping of Raybestos ' waste in return for a future advance factory provided a short-term solution for the current crisis , a final solution was needed for the toxic waste produced in Cork . |