Example sentences of "the [noun sg] requires a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the retailer requires a product with which he is unfamiliar , he may begin by sending a letter of enquiry to the manufacturer . |
| 2 | If the University requires a prime time slot on , for example , a Saturday , it may be necessary for the Club to seek sponsorship . |
| 3 | The research requires a study of , and explanation for , the evolution of the structure , organisation and behaviour of the industry and the market for uncut diamonds . |
| 4 | The institution requires a $40 million endowment to resume all its routine operations on a permanent basis , says Julianna Sciolla , and urgent building repairs will take another $20 million . |
| 5 | It is to say that whether it has done so can not be determined by asking whether the statute requires a certain state of facts to exist before a decision is reached : all statutes always do this . |
| 6 | To explain precisely why it took until 1989 for the Reading Festival to haul itself back into something resembling the land of the living requires a closer look at the origins of this venerable institution . |
| 7 | The Plan requires a radical change in the structure but also the culture of the city . |
| 8 | In many countries there has been a phased reduction in the lead content of petrol and in the UK , for example , lead-free petrol is on sale at a lower price , at selected petrol stations ( the engine requires a minor adjustment to use it ) and there are indications of a move towards the obligatory use of lead-free petrol for all vehicles . |
| 9 | The stimulus requires a choice to be made within the system that is being drilled . |
| 10 | What is different about obscenity is that the test requires a jury to pronounce a work wholly unfit for publication in a civilised society , which implies an immoral influence of a strikingly serious kind . |
| 11 | Since the test requires a knowledge of single words , but sets out to assess syntactical knowledge independently of vocabulary , a separate list of the words used is included . |
| 12 | The test requires a three-step procedure as follows : Abstraction — discovering the non-literal elements by a process akin to reverse engineering , beginning with the code and ending with the program 's ultimate function . |
| 13 | The law requires a charge to be made in lieu of depreciation for all assets financed from loans . |
| 14 | The intermediary requires a greater depth in instruction . |
| 15 | The circuit requires a 9V d.c. supply ( 50mA maximum ) and operates an l.e.d. which will provide a visual indication whenever the contact breakers are open . |
| 16 | He should be told that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol exceeds the statutory limit but does not exceed 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath ; that in these circumstances he is entitled to claim to have this specimen replaced by a specimen of blood or urine if he wishes ; but that , if he does so , it will be for the constable to decide whether the replacement specimen is to be of blood or urine and that if the constable requires a specimen of blood it will be taken by a doctor unless the doctor considers that there are medical reasons for not taking blood , when urine may be given instead . |
| 17 | One-to-one teaching is tiring for both learner and teacher , as the session requires a high degree of concentration from both . |
| 18 | To see the aura requires a certain amount of esoteric training ( unless you are a natural sensitive ) , but most people can feel it to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 19 | Not much cop considering that the game requires a hefty one hundred of the little blighters to be meandering about at once ! |
| 20 | The sediment created during second fermentation is composed of various waste-products , several types of which possess a sticky character ; to encourage these more cohesive particles to descend to the base of the cork requires a certain amount of physical persuasion and , as a result , a method of supplying this encouragement , remuage , was developed . |
| 21 | Deutsche Bundespost Telekom board member Dieter Gallist took a similar line to both Roulet and Silvestri , but was pessimistic about competition in Germany because of the constitution , which says that the government must own the postal and telecommunications services , and a change in the constitution requires a two thirds majority in both the Bundestag and Bundesrat . |
| 22 | The theory requires a low preglacial sea level , which is completely at variance with the conclusions of most Pleistocene research workers . |
| 23 | No bookseller can expect to supply the bulk of a library 's orders from stock , and basically the librarian requires a quick , efficient service for material which the bookseller must obtain from the publisher . |
| 24 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 25 | To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body . |
| 26 | The decoding requires a grasp of the political and territorial aims that shape the seemingly spontaneous acts of age-old ethnic hate committed by drunken fanatics and terrified boys . |
| 27 | In short , the society requires a list of all music which is performed live only at major venues and on the bigger tours . |
| 28 | The interactional structure for the talker requires a sustaining of partner 's attention . |
| 29 | The answer requires a brief detour to air transport documentation . |
| 30 | The project requires a flexible approach , demanding not only an analysis of the law but an economic and business approach to the nature of the small business and an understanding of small business computer systems . |