Example sentences of "[vb -s] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes you 're a week away from the last performance you gave and then find yourself out there — so that the voice and understanding of the part does need constant refreshing . |
| 2 | But the present , incoherent system does need reform . |
| 3 | Duran , in contrast , does need the fight — firstly to pay some tax debts , but above all to erase the memory of their last encounter . |
| 4 | She also wants to exercise to improve muscle tone during this period ; she can then see what shape she is in at the end of the year before she decides whether or not she really does need to lose those extra 4 lb ( 1.8 kg ) . |
| 5 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 6 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 7 | I think public services such as London Underground are appalling , and the capital city does need some kind of burgomaster — Ken Livingstone at least gave London leadership . |
| 8 | There does need to be some organisation and structure , teachers do need time to organise their classrooms before the start of school and no one really wants to engage in long discussions when there are children to be settled and registers to be marked . |
| 9 | The school does need to be seen to be taking a sensible and fairly consistent line or doubts will be raised about the strength of school management and accusations of double standards will fly . |
| 10 | First , of course , there really does need to be a range of choices available at local level . |
| 11 | However , this does need lots of practice to get right . |
| 12 | To return to an earlier point , while an autorotation landing can be used as a method of safely landing a model which has a dead engine , or some other problem , it does need practice . |
| 13 | ‘ The Hennessy was no fluke and he has obviously been under-rated but he does need soft ground , ’ said Murphy . |
| 14 | ‘ But Edward does need me , madam my mother , ’ again interposed the prince as she paused to collect her thoughts . |
| 15 | Cannon Coalridge : Living Flame fire with conventional , balanced flue , or fan-assisted Power Flue options Balanced Flue/Ducted Fires Of Radiant Convector or Living Flame design , these fires do n't require a chimney , although the Balanced Flue variety does need to be mounted on an outside wall in order to draw in air for combustion , and expel waste gases . |
| 16 | The ‘ why now ’ factor really does need checking out . |
| 17 | Residential living does need to feel comfortable ; if the food and customs are inappropriate and the language incomprehensible then the elderly person is unlikely to settle down . |
| 18 | Half Fisherman 's rib is a stitch that does need good , even weighting . |
| 19 | It makes a beautiful 6ft ( T.8m ) shrub , but it does need dry sunny weather to get the blooms to open . |
| 20 | The EC does need exchange-rate stability to promote intra-regional trade and investment , and to prevent competitive devaluation . |
| 21 | Symmetric multi-processing firms — such as Corollary Inc , Sequent Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , NCR Corp and Compaq Corp — who have signed up for Microsoft 's NT technology do not deny that as it stands , SMP NT does need to be adapted and tweaked to run on their respective systems . |
| 22 | What the agency does need is a politically astute and highly articulate spokesman , capable of effectively rebuking the relentless attacks of the far Right with sane and moderate reason . |
| 23 | Britain does need a proper , tip-top museum of modern art ; and that does mean splitting the Tate . |
| 24 | The gerbil does need to be examined properly and there are ways and means of doing it with the minimum amount of stress . |
| 25 | This walk , by the way , although it 's only short , does involve a bit of scrambling which , though hardly dangerous , does need a fair amount of agility — fit grannies and grandads would make it , overweight VAT inspectors with beer bellies would n't . |
| 26 | The does need some for their young when they 're getting bigger ; and it 's particularly convenient for all of us in bad weather . |
| 27 | But it does need cleari , unless we get some sort of consensus , and it behove you to say look this is |
| 28 | Er , certainly in , in the first paragraph we would say that we have drawn attention over the years to the nuisance of illegal parking erm , by travellers particularly in Stewards erm while travellers have the right to live their own lifestyle we also believe that other residents have the right to live free from that kind of nuisance and problem and that it does need to be addressed somehow . |
| 29 | It does need teaching , though we must be careful not to go to the opposite extreme , as many courses do , and patronizingly treat adult learners like new-born babes . |
| 30 | She really does need her sleep . ’ |