Example sentences of "[am/are] need [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Further studies are needed to clarify the presence of H pylori in saliva or plaque , and also in faeces .
2 further immunological studies are needed to explain the absence of these antibodies in a subset of ulcerative colitis patients and their role in the pathogenesis of the disease .
3 The work can then be spread out to the measurements required on the blocking board and just a few pins are needed to hold the wires into place .
4 New antibiotics are needed to combat the infections caused by these resistant microorganisms , and the fluorquinolones are the chemist 's latest contribution .
5 Only 2 to 5ul of blood are needed to transmit the virus during a needlestick injury .
6 8 How many cubic metres of water are needed to fill the fish tank on page 125 ?
7 A deficiency of some manually-digitized data is due to the inclusion of more points than are needed to define the position of a line to a given level of accuracy .
8 The B vitamins are needed to release the energy from the fuel .
9 It is precisely because of this danger that extreme measures are needed to suppress the savage .
10 Trainee programmes are needed to finance the work of eastern curators in the West .
11 The report , drawn up by a special council management team , says drastic measures are needed to stop the decline .
12 People can not smell or touch each other , so new devices are needed to give the impression that people are in the room .
13 Each Clipper Chip will have two separate keys , both of which are needed to crack the transmissions , and will be held in separate ‘ escrow databases ’ , by different agencies — but the question is , who exactly will these agencies be ?
14 The results offer some encouragement to the proponents of fundholding , but more longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate the misgivings of critics of the scheme .
15 From the foregoing comes one of the basic facts of modern economic society : the poor in our economy are needed to do the work that the more fortunate do not do and would find manifestly distasteful , even distressing .
16 Stakes are needed to support the long-net .
17 Furthermore , the question remains how frequently clinical challenges are needed to support the diagnosis and how often the challenges can be carried out without impairing the prognosis of the disease .
18 Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly .
19 Mrs Chalker echoed Mr Brady 's comments when she told the bank 's board yesterday : ‘ It is not clear to me that new facilities are needed to enable the bank to address this problem [ of defence conversion ] .
20 Changes to guidance notes are needed to accommodate the Money Laundering Directive currently being implemented through the Criminal Justice Bill and supplementary European Community regulations .
21 One possible disadvantage of the hardware.based system is that a relatively large number of signal lines are needed to interface the control circuits to the microprocessor , particularly for the parallel loading of the counter , e.g. for a maximum travel of 128 steps ( 2 steps ) , seven signal lines are used to load the Counter .
22 The place and the biography are needed to locate the viewpoint , because Glen collected much of the material on his doorstep in interviews with scientists from Berkeley .
23 A few cycles of high intensity exercise are needed to trigger the growth of bone .
24 Social workers are needed to help the families of mentally handicapped persons as well as the mentally ill or handicapped themselves .
25 But far more volunteers are needed to help the hospice expand it 's reach .
26 b ) STEWARDS : Lots of Stewards are needed to lighten the workload .
27 Special skills are needed to read the signs of dirty water .
28 They have been relocated at the Iwaba wildlife estate , where they will be protected from poachers , and where they are needed to reduce the density of the bush , which is outgrowing the ability of the animals to eat it .
29 On the contrary , polls seem to show that his supporters intensely dislike the new taxes that are needed to shrink the deficit .
30 The National Curriculum will undoubtedly change matters to some degree at each of these levels , and indeed the situation in 1991 is already very different from that of 1985–9 , but the National Curriculum can not of itself provide the understanding , skills and commitments which are needed to prevent the weaknesses and inconsistencies we have identified from reappearing in another guise .
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