Example sentences of "need [to-vb] at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that to begin to come about , a challenger would need to attract at least 70 MPs to vote for him or abstain . |
| 2 | According to the draft rules , a candidate would need to win at least 200 out of 300 votes to secure election in the first round or in a second round five days later . |
| 3 | Mr Gandhi needs to win at least 200 seats nationally to be reasonably certain of being called on to form the next government . |
| 4 | Assuming that a target company is confined to an authority of 10 per cent it will be seen that the directors of the target and their concert parties will need to hold at least 27 per cent before the buy-in to hold 30 per cent afterwards and thereby trigger a Rule 9 obligation . |
| 5 | The Government needs to have at least one member in a key senior position who understands the problems of women , and especially working women . |
| 6 | To capture the social aspects of deixis , we would need to add at least one further dimension , say of relative rank , in which the speaker is socially higher , lower or equal to the addressee and other persons that might be referred to . |
| 7 | In any event , you will need to have at least one independent judge who is unconnected with either the company or the publication . |
| 8 | As far as minimum requirements go , you will need to take at least one blank video cassette with you . |
| 9 | He needed to finish at least third to wrest the title from Niki . |
| 10 | * Western countries need to provide at least another £4.1 billion to make former Soviet-bloc pressurized water reactors safe , according to the head of the German Siemens group energy division . |
| 11 | I do n't think we 've heard enough here to make the choice , I think we need to look at both strategic and local factors in the co on a comprehensive and comparable basis . |
| 12 | only two matches left of rugby union 's league season and Gloucester need to win at least one of them to save themselves from relegation … on saturday they went down to Orrell at Kingsholm … the score 8-13 |
| 13 | ‘ We need to win at least seven of our remaining games . |
| 14 | What seems to make this possible is the fact that information is not costless to receive or exploit , and the expertise necessary to take full advantage of spillovers can provide the wedge that innovating firms need to appropriate at least some benefits from their innovative activities . |
| 15 | Set a daunting 248 to win by the tourists , New Zealand were struggling at 94 for four and needing to score at over seven runs an over , but Crowe and a timely 44 not out off 28 balls by teenager Jeff Wilson saw the Kiwis home at 250 for seven . |
| 16 | ‘ You see , I need to make at least fifty pounds a week for thirty-six weeks a year . ’ |