Example sentences of "need for a " in BNC.

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1 The need for a national and international AIDS charity has never been greater .
2 He has identified the need for a fish restaurant in the surrounding area .
3 Due to the small size of the Old Rectory and the communal style of dining , with Michael Vaughan serving , a lot of feedback comes from its diners and the vast majority do not feel the need for a choice of dishes at dinner .
4 As long ago now as 1974 , Michael Maguire argued a need for a semantic ethnography of police systems and the criminals they pursue ; and there has been a subsequent trickle of attempts to carry out participant observation inside the world of ‘ cops and robbers ’ .
5 The vast library on police matters was clearly under-used and there is obviously a need for a critical ethnography of the college itself , for it takes in numbers of senior and middle police managers each year , maintains a considerable staff of academics and visiting lecturers , but has singularly failed to provide an academically stimulating ‘ university of policing ’ .
6 No need for a hat , but the hair must be pulled off the face to minimise distraction and caught at the nape in a black band into which she would stick a single green feather .
7 If you feel that there is a need for a particular kind of care , ask whether it might be arranged .
8 The report , UK levels of health , discusses the need for a common , strategic approach to improving the health of the nation .
9 The only added cost was the need for a second driver when running in excess of 100mph , but this was subsequently rescinded to 110mph .
10 Following studies by Eastern Region 's engineers , a new tracklaying strategy was introduced in 1987 whereby — with the use of a new machine called the Dynamic Track Stabiliser — tracks could be handed back by 06.00 on Monday morning at the full 125mph line speed , eliminating the need for a temporary speed restriction and associated recovery time allowance .
11 BR could claim that even before the Monopoly Commission report 's comments on the need for a new rolling-stock policy it was moving towards the development of stock for use on all regions , having introduced Class 313 25kV AC/750V DC ( dual voltage ) inner-suburban stock in 1976 for the Great Northern electrification scheme followed in 1978 by Class 507 750V DC third-rail stock for Merseyrail ( Midland Region ) ; and Class 314 25kV AC stock in Scotland .
12 Fokine was the first choreographer to distinguish the need for a particular style for each ballet when he created such different ballets as Les Sylphides , Le Carnaval , Prince Igor , The Firebird and Petrushka .
13 A maximum gain of 100 and noise down to 90µV eliminate the need for a following amplifier in many cases , the gain being available in all operating modes .
14 Perhaps no one would deny this ; but as each generation of students arrives more defiantly or hopelessly monoglot , as a whole new discipline ( called ‘ Comparative Literature ’ ) has come into being to cater for those exceptional persons who can read more languages than one , the need for a classroom manual to redress this state of affairs becomes ever more urgent .
15 Second , is n't there an urgent need for a fundamental rethinking of the accounting conventions by which company performance is measured , if would-be ethical investors are to know how environmentally friendly the companies in which they invest really are ?
16 Officials close to Mr Delors said he was convinced the pace of change in Eastern Europe had made the need for a more federal EC all the more urgent .
17 He believes there is now a need for a more precise method of monitoring crack abuse nationally , similar to the Dawn ( Drug Awareness Warning Network ) method , used in the United States , which compiles statistics through information taken from hospitals .
18 The Advisory Board for the Research Councils acknowledged the need for a boost to clinical research , but rejected the Medical Research Council 's proposals for a new centre linking basic laboratory research to clinical research in a hospital setting and postgraduate education .
19 At Brighton last week , Mr Kinnock spoke about the need for greater investment in education and training , research and development , science and transport , the need for a beefed-up Department of Trade and Industry .
20 The massive popularity of our parties is partly due to the fact that we offer all-night dancing , this proves the need for a facility to obtain all-night licences for one-off events .
21 But that there was need for a substantial change in British society was a widespread conclusion .
22 Experience in the past two and a half years has shown both the general effectiveness of such schemes and the need for a much wider extension of them .
23 Here , whatever else is obscure , the need for a much greater commitment of resources is indisputable : without , for example , a massive renewal and expansion of physical provision , men and methods will not avail , though men are the essence of the service and methods cry out for more and more exploration .
24 But when non-performing songwriters became successful , with their songs being recorded by major artists , and used in films or as TV commercials , then the need for a manager often becomes more pressing .
25 Also , there is a need for a dissolution account to be drawn up so musicians know the state of the band 's finances when a member either leaves or is dismissed .
26 There were , broadly , two interrelated reasons for this , the first relating to Britain 's economic and Imperial difficulties , the second to the internal dissension in all three parties , a symptom perhaps of the need for a realignment of political parties .
27 After all , in the whole of the private sector there is a need for innovation ; there is a need sometimes for diversification , although that can be a dangerous area ; there is a need for a sensitive but effective response to the changing market place .
28 Since aid is becoming more , not less , important in Africa there is a crying need for a more outspoken analysis of the problem , not only from the recipients ' point of view , but by the recipients themselves .
29 Callinicos ' defence of classical Marxism , of historical materialism , is in the first instance deployed against a postmodernism which has come to proclaim the death of the grand narrative of emancipation and the need for a new form of politics not constructed along the lines of the traditional left .
30 Where these is no need for a retained iron structure to accept enlarged loads and it is apparent that the metal members are in food condition , not having been subjected to detrimental modifications , the chief consideration in re-using the installation is to achieve an acceptable standard of fire resistance .
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