Example sentences of "needed to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people needed to be living in the house that night . |
| 2 | Parents needed to be reassured that , although it is a significant chronic problem , it is not life threatening . |
| 3 | But much more needed to be done if the CEGB 's post-Sizewell tide of optimism was to be turned . |
| 4 | Some of the children 's expectations were so heartbreakingly wrong that it was clear that much more needed to be done to inform young people about what work is really like . |
| 5 | In early April 1946 U Sein Ywet and I did a seven-days tour in the Delta in which we visited two towns and ten villages , listening to government officers , elders , headmen , and representatives from nearly a hundred villages , which convinced me that much more needed to be done for the towns and villages outside Rangoon . |
| 6 | TODAY believes still more needed to be done . |
| 7 | The things that still needed to be done here were : Guttering to be replaced . |
| 8 | The second guidance was in respect of roads , and much needed to be done in this regard . |
| 9 | But a spokesman said that even if the Foundation decided not to open a clinic for sex offenders , work still needed to be done on the building . |
| 10 | Quincx had insisted on telling both of them the details of Zambia 's difficulties , despite protests from Tammuz , feeling both women needed to be given a reason for the delay in Ari 's treatment . |
| 11 | Any limited success our user network has had has needed to be given the resources to organise independently , and the commitment of senior management to support user involvement . |
| 12 | Published in 1977 , by the Department of Education and Science the document suggested that the work of schools needed to be analysed in a ‘ quantitative ’ form as well as in the ‘ subjective and qualitative ’ way in which it had been measured hitherto . |
| 13 | In the ultimate case , when considering premises designed totally for automatic operation , the use of electronic display panels and controls sited in suitably protected premises remote from the area of risk may have to be considered and in the case of multiple points the need for communication in order to co-ordinate the operation of controls would be needed to be assessed . |
| 14 | It turned out that no more than three basic facts were essential , and that just two critical questions needed to be asked . |
| 15 | Although all sets and costumes were designed in colour , a lot of ingenuity needed to be applied to make the sets visually more interesting to the viewers ; compensating them for only seeing everything in monochrome and through a slightly muzzy 405 line picture . |
| 16 | A correction factor consequently needed to be applied to account for the ‘ missing ’ output — relative to the total output of the Scotch Whisky industry . |
| 17 | Governing bodies needed to have ‘ a large measure of autonomy ’ , and appropriate responsibilities needed to be delegated to Directors , Academic Boards and the staff directly concerned . |
| 18 | For instance , inspectors ' powers to acquire information about accidents needed to be extended to include inquiries made to determine whether an investigation was appropriate , rather than being confined to those cases where the Chief Inspector had already ordered an investigation to take place . |
| 19 | He believed that the truths of the Christian religion needed to be defended by philosophy and logic . |
| 20 | Erm , you know , if they 're sitting there in water and they 've been peeled and they 're ready to cook , they wo n't be cooked until they 're needed to be cooked , you know . |
| 21 | The duchy of Aquitaine was not just the most civilized province in France , it was also a region of great wealth — it would have needed to be to support so much fine art . |
| 22 | Pecquet even claimed that good diplomats needed to be prepared from childhood for the work . |
| 23 | Changed circumstances also mattered to Waters ( 1979 : 47 ) who described outstanding schools as places which were run by heads " with flair , wisdom , energy and that sense of knowing how things ought to be " but who emphasized , too , that these qualities needed to be partnered with an ability in organization and management in a wide variety of fields . |
| 24 | Had she only responded because she 'd needed to be loved ? |
| 25 | There are frequent outcrops of red sandstone and these are sufficiently soft for them to have needed to be reinforced with sections of red brickwork in many places . |
| 26 | His pace did n't slacken , but now he had a reference point , he could see exactly how far needed to be covered and he felt hopeful . |
| 27 | The areas needed to be selected carefully . |
| 28 | This extract is useful in order to illustrate how the field-worker , on the one policeman 's own admission , both needed to be tested and was successful in passing . |
| 29 | That is apart from the colossal cost of fitting cars with the number plates and finding out which cars needed to be fitted , catching drivers who had removed the plates , sending out bills , dealing with drivers who said they had not driven their cars on the date in question , and many another items . |
| 30 | Some children needed to be fitted with spectacles and this was in the doctor 's opinion ‘ probably best done in London ’ . |