Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] need to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aristocracy , for its part , has never needed to be convinced of the importance of not working . |
| 2 | It has never been the Queen 's style to rant and rave when things have gone wrong — and in truth she has never needed to . |
| 3 | As a result , these finds often need to be sorted into further groups such as pre-Inca pottery and Inca pottery before they are studied . |
| 4 | The interesting part is that the measuring fibre does not need to be part of the current carrying circuit , giving a high degree of electrical isolation . |
| 5 | Her powerful and eloquent singing really does not need to be supplemented by low-register Sprechstimme ; one can see the point , but Puccini is near enough to raw melodrama without such mannerism . |
| 6 | The parallel with policies inside multi-racial societies for banishing or reducing racial ‘ discrimination ’ or for exorcising by economic and social reorganisation the mutual envy and fear of envy between the races , does not need to be laboured . |
| 7 | Mr Medvedev does not moralise ; he does not need to ; but he can not resist commenting , and the reader can only , with sadness , agree . |
| 8 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 9 | There is a greater recognition among philosophers that belief in God 's existence does not need to be justified in these terms , and that theologians themselves do not seek to provide such justification . |
| 10 | The ignition does not need to be retarded on your carburettor engine to run on lead free . |
| 11 | This does not need to be smart or expensive . |
| 12 | Here the producer does not need to be a registered carrier . |
| 13 | Obviously , if it ensues from the two variables originally considered , it does not need to be controlled . |
| 14 | It does not need to be taught like mathematics or French . |
| 15 | We have not stressed so frequently the importance of liaison with our own colleagues , arguing ( with sometimes dubious validity ) that because it ‘ happens all the time ’ it does not need to be explicitly provided . |
| 16 | The sacrifice of Jesus was ‘ for ever ’ and can not and does not need to be repeated or re-enacted . |
| 17 | It is nature 's version of inductive reasoning : animals learn only cues which tend to predict the imminent arrival of something desirable , like food , and the reliability of the new cue does not need to be by any means perfect . |
| 18 | The probe does not need to be kept moist making it suitable for all types of field work and the fact that there is no glass present makes it ideal for the food and drink pharmaceutical industries . |
| 19 | A cat is less demanding ( it does not need to be taken for walks for a start ) and a fish even less so , ( although some expensive tropical fish need careful temperature control and special food ) . |
| 20 | The animal does not need to be restrained in any way . |
| 21 | Homo sedentarius , in contrast , does not need to be kept in pens . |
| 22 | Once the unit is plugged in , the computer does not need to be switched off each time the SRAM is inserted or removed since switch S1 controls all the necessary isolation . |
| 23 | Note that in the early stages , when z is large and negative and there is no incumbent , the inequality does not need to be checked in cases ( i ) and ( ii ) . |
| 24 | Our resentment does not need to be understandable or ‘ rational ’ ; it simply needs to be expressed and released . |
| 25 | Ordinary madeira has no sediment and does not need to be decanted . |
| 26 | In principle this does not need to be done by an accountant . |
| 27 | The central heating system does not need to be drained provided that anti-freeze has been added via the feed-and-expansion cistern — do not add anti-freeze to the main cold water cistern . |
| 28 | If a vehicle needs to be temporarily substituted for one of the operator 's authorized vehicles or a vehicle needs to be transferred from one operating centre to another the LA does not need to be informed . |
| 29 | Provided the defendant consents to the test or inspection the person examining the brakes ( usually a constable ) does not need to be an authorised examiner . |
| 30 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |