Example sentences of "it was necessary " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service . |
| 2 | The Comet was listed after the damage had been done , and with the Prospect Inn it was necessary to itemise all the things that had not changed , since the superficial impression of change was predominant . |
| 3 | In her opinion it was necessary if they were to have any hope of advancement . |
| 4 | He accepted that mortgage-holders would face difficulty , but said it was necessary to curb borrowing , and mortgages accounted for 85 per cent of household borrowing . |
| 5 | To prove contrary evidence it was necessary to have either positive proof that the document was returned to the sender or , if sent by recorded delivery , that there was no acknowledgement of receipt , or if there was evidence of the document having been received by some person , there was proof that the person was not the intended recipient and that he had not brought the document to the notice of the person required to be served . |
| 6 | ‘ I like Liam and have great respect for his ability and reputation but he was n't doing what was expected and it was necessary to make a change . ’ |
| 7 | For ethical reasons , no social researcher should expose respondents to that possibility , and others over whom this threat does not hang or by whom it is treated lightly , such as ex-policemen and women or disgruntled members of the force , are too unrepresentative to give a balanced view of policing Therefore , it was necessary to undertake an overt study and to obtain permission for the research from the Chief Constable . |
| 8 | Given the straits to which the British economy was reduced in 1947 , when it was necessary to ration even bread and potatoes , an outflow of capital equal to about 8 per cent of national income and nearly equal to total net domestic capital formation ( including stock-building ) is a very extraordinary event . |
| 9 | He had aimed to go to Cambridge to read geography , but failed the Latin entrance examination it was necessary to take in those days . |
| 10 | In order to create sufficient headroom within the studio , it was necessary to remove an existing tie-beam which spanned between two timber posts that helped to support the roof structure and to adapt and re-site this member at a higher level , just below the soffit of the ceiling ( Plate 11 ) . |
| 11 | With the drying floors removed , the brickwork of the roundels proved not to be very strong and it was necessary to span the circular spaces with timber beams before the new upper floor was installed . |
| 12 | However , it was necessary to renew the roof covering of clay plain tiles with identical material . |
| 13 | Also , following the removal of the suspended timber ground floor and the excavation of sub-floor earth so that adequate headroom could be obtained in the lower-storey bedrooms , it was necessary to install a continuous waterproof membrane below the new concrete floor slab in order to prevent penetration of the construction by rising damp . |
| 14 | Consequently , it was necessary to introduce more daylight into the broader interiors and this became possible in the 1890s with the use of reinforced-concrete floors and steel girders . |
| 15 | To light this room it was necessary to introduce a range of large windows into the flank wall of the engine house , just below eaves level . |
| 16 | Traffic carried by the new truck waterway thus increased beyond the volume of goods which had been conveyed along the old cul-de-sac Arun Navigation and it was necessary to extend the waterside storage buildings that had been established at Newbridge . |
| 17 | To correct the curve it was necessary to stretch the concavity and contract the convexity — in furtherance of which he spent a good deal of his time moving across the floor in a peculiar creeping posture , which Doctor Staples referred to as ‘ Klapp 's crawl ’ . |
| 18 | He told me that it was necessary for them to start praying at home every day . |
| 19 | The Democratic Party repeated its demand for an inquiry , saying it was necessary to establish whether cabinet ministers and the former President , Mr PW Botha , were privy to the murders . |
| 20 | But it was necessary , too , that the trade deficits run by Europe were properly financed . |
| 21 | But Mrs Thatcher endorsed the US action , saying it was necessary ‘ to bring an end to this rule of terror ’ . |
| 22 | The appropriate court was usually the court of the diocese in which the deceased 's property happened to be ; if there was property in several dioceses , it was necessary to apply to the prerogative Court . |
| 23 | Legal tenancy in common gave rise to great difficulties in the tracing of titles to land , because it was necessary to investigate separately the title of each tenant . |
| 24 | Both diplomatically and militarily , it was necessary for the Government to respond speedily . |
| 25 | He saw that it was necessary to take sides . |
| 26 | Neither picture seemed to me to be appropriate , and I could not quite understand why it was necessary for Aunt Louise to retire at all . |
| 27 | Yet , I thought , it was necessary to speak , so that she could hear my voice — the family voice . |
| 28 | It was necessary to park the trucks some distance away from Acropolis Park , The freight routes from the factories were via underground subways to different areas of the city , or else , for lighter materials , via the highwire . |
| 29 | The opposite was true in his perception and so it was necessary to work with this widower helping him say out loud the things that he wanted to say to his wife — all the uncomplimentary and difficult things — and then , having done that , to begin grieving for the lost relationship . |
| 30 | She said it was necessary to defrost it and turn it off before she came to hospital . |