Example sentences of "they need [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was designed in co-operation with our students to reflect the language skills they needed to address the bilingual context of their everyday lives . |
| 2 | They needed to repair the crumbling walls of their draughty homes , too . |
| 3 | They need to visit the temporary dream world of confident and cared-for children — and the dog . |
| 4 | They need to acknowledge the political significance of questions of national culture and ethnic identity , and to grasp how these intersect with questions of ‘ race ’ and racism . |
| 5 | Now these troublemakers have given the management the excuse they need to harass the genuine pickets by pursuing further court orders , ’ he said . |
| 6 | For strokes to function successfully , however , they need to be genuine rather than phoney and they need to stroke the appropriate ego-state in the other person . |
| 7 | ‘ With Pharos , they will be just a few keystrokes away from the information they need to appreciate the detailed impact of community legislation on their businesses . ’ |
| 8 | We will always give the security forces our full backing within the rule of the law , and — against Labour opposition — ensure that they have the special powers they need to protect the whole community from violence . |
| 9 | Now it goes on to say that they need to get the middle peasants to join and to go out and do more explanatory work among them . |
| 10 | Scientists and engineers tend to express their ideas in the form of equations because they need to know the precise values of quantities . |