Example sentences of "we need [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 That is , we need rules or descriptions of some sort defining valid paths .
2 We need devices for locating the process in time and for indicating its own temporal character .
3 We need toys , clothes , cakes and plants top sell .
4 We need brands that have relevance to both the high street and European market , which is far more brand-conscious than our own . ’
5 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
6 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
7 ‘ Not only is this crucially important to women voters , but we need women there to ensure that women 's experiences and views are at the centre of our policy .
8 Erm we need things like that for windows and building bridges and things like that .
9 But we need birds to show us the flight to the south .
10 In addition to general inter-student activity to promote communication , we need activities which will sensitize students to the way information is handled in discourse outside the classroom , but without using the kind of technical language we used in our theoretical approach in Section One .
11 To progress , however , we need teachers and schools to become more conversant with the changes .
12 This is so in every field of social service : we need teachers , social workers , housing managers and town planners , etc. , to fill all the posts , and training establishments and programmes to produce the trained people .
13 At some point we need administrators to carry out the will of the people .
14 President Mubarak , appealing for outside aid , said that ‘ above all we need experts and specialists in saving damaged buildings ’ .
15 Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions .
16 The right hon. Member for Worthing ( Mr. Higgins ) seemed to think that somehow — I take issue with him , despite his great knowledge — it is because of a common currency that we need controls over public sector borrowing .
17 We need members need to get a grip on what is happening and my wife suggests this , that the panel erm rather than setting up a new panel , look at the whole issue of school meals , this and other issues .
18 And then we need members
19 Is that the idea of Viva Hate ! that we need bigotries in order to make sense of the world , in order to act ?
20 King Agesilaus ' reaction in both cases was roughly ‘ Spartan interests , which are all that matters , mean that we need soldiers like that ’ : Xen .
21 Also , there 's a great deal of sickness for which we need medicines .
22 Some of them may be less careful with it than others so we need machines that can take a battering .
23 We need ropes , Tuan .
24 Now , as will have been noticed , in all the examples I have given , one very crucial element has been missing to make the expressions grammatical as instances of standard English — we need determiners of some sort .
25 We need reports to use the same font throughout .
26 Liberal Democrat councillor Ken Walker said : ‘ Car parking is a problem and we need spaces , but there is a considerable amount of money involved . ’
27 We need families for children of school age who find it difficult to trust grown-ups ; for children who have learning disabilities ; for children of various ethnic origins ; for children who have physical disabilities and groups of brothers and sisters .
28 I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club .
29 We need challenges in life , and excitement .
30 " I 'm not saying anything against it , Fiver , " replied Acorn , " but we need holes .
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