Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] need [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 2 | you know you should only need to be told once Christopher . |
| 3 | First , the voice should not need to be helped . |
| 4 | At first sight it may seem surprising that if , as I am claiming , the superego is underdeveloped in welfare totalitarianisms because the means of state coercion are overdeveloped , it should nevertheless need to be dissolved in anything . |
| 5 | Obviously you need to appeal to the Regional Committee if as a branch you 're not happy , but this rule should n't need to be bent , we should have one that is ours to be used for branches , the General Secretary himself says that it 's happened on several occasions so let's be a real trade union , not one that borrows from Peter to pay Paul , let's have a proper rule for branches . |
| 6 | Substantial medical and hospital accounts from USA and Canada may normally need to be audited . |
| 7 | The selectivity may not need to be absolute — for example , if the promoter is specifically activated in breast epithelial tissue it may be possible to produce a ‘ genetic mastectomy , ’ effectively destroying all normal as well as malignant breast cells . |
| 8 | Now , clearly , in many circumstances where the property of an adjective matches a speaker 's perception , it may not need to be assigned — i.e. stated explicitly to be valid for the entity concerned — on the grounds that it is felt to be a characteristic sufficiently basic to the entity not to need assignment , as opposed to being called upon as an initial qualifying and identifying element . |
| 9 | For example , the last syllable of teacher may not need to be distinguished in the tree until the addition of another word of two or more syllables such as tedious . |
| 10 | This might not need to be quite as comprehensive as the full mailing list , but it will save time . |
| 11 | Roses may still need to be sprayed against black spot and rust . |
| 12 | One preliminary point that may still need to be made is that the switches between the two media are not arbitrary , but motivated according to a series of conventions practised by other Elizabethan dramatists . |
| 13 | They also look at wider issues such as their own up-bringing which may have been in an addictive family and may have led to many grief or abuse or other issues that may still need to be processed with a sponsor or a professional counsellor if there is to be further progress in recovery . |
| 14 | The second demands that the child itself should be the focus of our attention , although other sides of the case may also need to be dealt with . |
| 15 | To these questions the following may also need to be added . |
| 16 | Sites suspected through documentary research or for some other reason may also need to be more precisely pinpointed before excavation can take place . |
| 17 | In the widest sense , a survey consists of a number of organizational steps which need not occur in the order given below , which may often need to be retraced and which must usually be related to a preceding sequence of research or to comparable contemporaneous studies . |
| 18 | Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ . |
| 19 | Therefore there needs to be a period to allow exploration of satisfactory forms of internal work organisation when new technology is introduced , and this period may well need to be longer than that usually allowed for new skills acquisition . |
| 20 | There are two types available — those with a tin lining have a low melting point and may well need to be relined if overheated , which can proves expensive . |
| 21 | Just very briefly , I think that erm the point Mr raised is a fair point and erm there may well need to be a good bit of clarification erm on on that . |
| 22 | The dawg also takes much longer to construct , but would be ideal for a dedicated application on perhaps a PC where memory must be kept to a minimum and the structure would rarely need to be re-built . |
| 23 | The young men and women who were suitable for this important work would obviously need to be educated to a level above that of their prospective students . |
| 24 | And then you would just need to be b used to build the whole of the inside then . |
| 25 | I also accept the Commission 's view that any joint service intended as more effective competition would not need to be introduced so far in advance of the tunnel 's opening . ’ |
| 26 | You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else . |
| 27 | There was no need to say ‘ a ’ ball , ‘ a ’ window , since the researcher was looking at them too and so they were , in common to both viewers , ‘ the ’ ball , ‘ the ’ window , Were researcher and student both watching an actual event in which someone kicked a ball through a window ; the use of ‘ the ’ would be obvious and the ‘ frame ’ as it were would not need to be drawn . |
| 28 | Moreover , the belief would not need to be a reasonable one . |
| 29 | But if expectations are rational then this superiority disappears , for if the fall in aggregate demand assumed above were predictable , it would have no effect on real output and would not need to be countered by a change of monetary policy . |
| 30 | The statement need only be oral and would not need to be expressly repeated in the sale agreement . |