Example sentences of "needed [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They say help is needed to combat the poverty that has left peasants growing traditional crops in many parts of Latin America unable to survive .
2 At the foot of the cliff , where debris slipping from the cliff is liable to collect , a steep gradient is needed to enable the sea to comb the material down the beach , but , although this action may assist in the formation of a concave profile , it is probably not the sole cause of the concavity .
3 Mrs Chalker echoed Mr Brady 's comments when she told the bank 's board yesterday : ‘ It is not clear to me that new facilities are needed to enable the bank to address this problem [ of defence conversion ] .
4 Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly .
5 Only 2 to 5ul of blood are needed to transmit the virus during a needlestick injury .
6 Some mains flex and a plug were also needed to connect the cable tidy to the nearby wall socket , and a hook from which to suspend the air pump .
7 I then proceeded by recording a keystroke macro — that is I used the Record option on the Macros section of the Tools menu , typed in the filename BLOCKCNT into the dialog box that appeared and ran through steps needed to perform the task while the macro recorder was on .
8 No specialised organs were required in order to reach the centre of the magnolia flower or the water lily , no particular skill was needed to gather the pollen from the loaded stamens .
9 Only a small amount of the green was needed to change the yellow in contrast with the large amount of yellow needed to affect the green ( LEFT )
10 ‘ There is a groundswell of opinion in Scotland that urgent legislation is needed to curb the carrying of these weapons , ’ Mr McFall said .
11 Because of this , a strong administrative apparatus was needed to plan the use of scarce resources , organize production and regulate distribution .
12 These three months were needed to draft the training pack so that it coordinated with the structure of the information drafts .
13 Actual or reckless intent , or intent to deceive , may be needed to bolster the severity of the charge .
14 I know that the industry and the Department of Health are to consider what further action is needed to publicise the law in the light of the Children and Young Persons ( Protection from Tobacco ) Act 1991 .
15 These issues related to mathematics in context , criterion-referenced tests , levels of difficulty in a graduated test scheme , and the resources likely to be needed to implement a scheme .
16 A further obstacle concerns the skills needed to implement the FMI .
17 The implementation and assessment that is needed to implement the Care Programme Approach has moved on to allow the introduction of a comprehensive care management system .
18 It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis .
19 Four men were needed to carry the picture into the Chapel .
20 The initial section of the tunnel had to be dug by hand until there was enough space to lay the railway needed to carry the drilling rigs .
21 More research is needed to optimise the size of droplets and their charge-to-mass ratio for different pesticides and targets .
22 Last-minute decisions can be made about going to the cottage in the country , but a little more planning is needed to arrange a trip abroad .
23 In my work I have been involved with many families who have needed to arrange a funeral .
24 Firstly , if you are a woman and were claiming child benefit , HRP would have been credited to you automatically , whereas a man staying at home to care for a child would have needed to arrange the transfer of child benefit to himself .
25 Nora had not needed to see the child in order to understand what had moved John to behave as he did .
26 In some courts a payment was needed to see the magistrate , or to ensure that one 's case was heard promptly .
27 Military experts think more than 50 fighter jets would be needed to enforce the zone .
28 They are the verbs which should initiate the style of movement needed to sustain a ballet .
29 A report from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils argued that next year 's budget was ‘ substantially less than the sums needed to sustain the health of the UK science base ’ .
30 Without it , the high concentration gradient between layers , compared with the temperature gradient , would give a higher salt transport than heat transport — the opposite way round from the relationship needed to sustain the convection .
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