Example sentences of "as the need [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , there is the increasing demand in the developed world for wood and wood products which is placing more pressure on indigenous forests , while in many developing countries land and fuelwood scarcity as well as the need to earn foreign currency are prompting wood harvesting at a hitherto unprecedented rate and often under inadequate management .
2 The development of such ‘ industries ’ has also been facilitated by improved communications and transport as well as the need to generate income in areas that have been adversely affected by the economic recession of the early 1980s or which are unsuitable for other kinds of economic activity such as agriculture .
3 Of course , I drank deeply from a mixture of relief at the Queen 's open support as well as the need to forget the horrors of that grisly chamber .
4 As well as the need to make the transporter as light as possible , commensurate with the strength required in the mainspars of the sails and the rigidity of the tube , you can employ a wide variety of materials in the transporter .
5 The interpretation of culture and even the ability to understand what is happening in the society under scrutiny as well as the need to grapple with political or ethical questions are all endless and fundamental problems of the moment ( Phillips 1973 : 78 ) .
6 By the late 1970s and 1980s the increasing numbers of passengers and package tours and growing size of aircraft , as well as the need to comply with international safety standards for larger aircraft , made it essential to extend the runway .
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