Example sentences of "needed [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was needed was a computer at each end of a dedicated phone line , and software to allow computer to computer communications . |
| 2 | What was needed was a guarantee that extra care would be taken not to lose the film . |
| 3 | What Chaplin had needed was a clown whose loneliness , detachment , pathos , optimism , indestructibility , incorrigibility , and vulnerability would allow him to exploit all the humour and tragedy , love and violence that everyday life offered . |
| 4 | ‘ We do not need a peace envoy , thank you very much , ’ Sir Patrick said , before going on to emphasise that what was needed was a settlement from the current all-party talks process . |
| 5 | No , she said , the damage had already been done and what was needed was a heart and lung transplant . |
| 6 | Berwicke like many leading women repealers , found the work disturbing and felt that what was needed was a revival of the repealers ' message of anti-statism and personal liberty . |
| 7 | At the beginning of the 1980s a group of community activists , trade unionists , community educators , peace workers and feminists met and agreed that what was needed was a reappraisal of previous efforts in the field , a conscious effort to determine their own social and political position and to choose an educational model or approach which reflected the latter . |
| 8 | What was needed was a lead not a lecture . |
| 9 | What seemed to be needed was a statement from medical authority . |
| 10 | What was needed was a theory of the material conditions , including social and political relations , that inhibit the emancipation of human beings through their own actions . |
| 11 | Andy went to see Peter and the final conclusion was that what I really needed was a car to help me travel to training and meetings . |