Example sentences of "need [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no need to go back to square one ; just a few steps backward is all that is needed . |
| 2 | There was no need to go back to the shop . |
| 3 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 4 | No need to go back to my own phone — I can use one of these . |
| 5 | He argued there was a need to go back to basic skills and more disciplined teaching , and announced that , within two years , schools inspection teams are to include non-educationists on each visit . |
| 6 | For them , he said , there was a need to go back to the basics of spelling , grammar , punctuation and arithmetic . |
| 7 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 8 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 9 | Is not that a consequence of the need to provide up to £15 million to cure the concrete cancer problem at Craigavon ? |
| 10 | Other day-to-day situations that may not be attributed to visual difficulties include the extended time the children may need to complete tasks , their need to come close to the blackboard or to demonstrations , and their apparent clumsiness in certain practical activities and sports such as ball games . |
| 11 | No need to dash out to the Chinese takeaway — if you keep an Oriental corner of the cupboard you can create your own instant stir- fries . |
| 12 | That challenge forced Mr Clinton into another change of emphasis , mainly concerned with the need to reach out to the private sector and to reduce the federal budget deficit . |
| 13 | There is no need to walk up to the summit of Cairn Gorm underneath the chairlift , since there is a route that runs west from the car park , and takes you up on to the Fiacaill ridge , a world away from the frightful clanking kingdom of the ski-tows . |
| 14 | There is no need to point out to you the extent to which women are under-represented in the House , and many women will be disappointed to note that , on an agreement affecting the female population — especially in relation to maternity rights and pay — we have not had a proper hearing today . |
| 15 | Being free from the constraint of responding to logged calls and from the need to react quickly to one call after another gives the neighbourhood police the opportunity to engage in prolonged contact with the public . |
| 16 | She made her way across the room to where her father was , still with Urquhart following ; evidently there was no need to keep close to the stepmother with the rest ; it looked as if Kate knew her own mind . |
| 17 | The advent of war was not seen by Unionists as a need to turn back to a conventional patriotism , for Unionists had never doubted the patriotism of their previous stance . |
| 18 | I know nothing of the circumstances of his illness , but he was dying angrily and his procrastinations could be sufficiently explained by a need to hold on to life , to defer events into the future . |
| 19 | Why do n't they release the body , there 's no need to hold on to it |
| 20 | But I 'm using a computer , and there 's no need to adhere slavishly to the old methodologies . |
| 21 | It is the condition in which the attempts to avoid , cover up or evade responsibility for bad feeling — bad feeling generated by the impossible need to live up to inflexible standards — themselves create yet more bad feeling . |
| 22 | The need for change was reinforced by a series of briefings held with all the workforce which highlighted shortfalls in communication due to the management structure and the need to respond quicker to customers . |
| 23 | In practical terms , the audit process can be summarised as a sequence of stages ( Fig 13.4 ) although , like the SSM , these should be regarded as guidelines rather than prescriptive , as there may be a need to refer back to earlier activities and make adjustments as the audit progresses . |
| 24 | A week later it is evident that Fox-type gear was coming into common usage with no need to refer back to the specific case — ‘ a teenage girl was seized by two men wearing ‘ fox-style ’ balaclavas and raped at knife-point ’ ( London Evening Standard ) . |
| 25 | The result was not so much the realization of Ashley 's vision of national regeneration but a growing acceptance by those holding high office of the need to subscribe publicly to an upright moral code . |
| 26 | WAR CLOUDS OVER EUROPE read the banner headlines at the opening of Reed 's earlier film , Bank Holiday ( 1938 ) , a picture whose setting suggests escapism but whose narrative argues for the need to face up to the dark side of life in order to find meaningful happiness . |
| 27 | I was feeling the need to get back to bed and to sleep . |
| 28 | Différance means precisely that you can never get out of — and therefore have no need to get back to — history . |
| 29 | Remote control releases you from the need to stay close to the video machine in order to operate the controls . |
| 30 | Former farm workers have felt the need to move out to the towns and cities in search not only of employment , but of higher pay , better working conditions , and increased opportunities for personal advancement ; and farmers have felt the need to shed labour as an accompaniment to increasing productivity . |