Example sentences of "[not/n't] need [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | the other hand he accepted the ministrations of Rosalba with pointed gratitude , looking up at her when it was her turn to bend over him , though she did not need to bend from the waist , wand-like as her sister , but rather leaned her plump body forward to adjust some dish , brush off some crumbs with a dithery movement that suggested — again he felt a stab of pity , followed by impatience — that her own body was always in her way . |
2 | Thus the argument is that the victim 's right to autonomy and freedom of sexual choice does not need to yield to the principle that a defendant should be judged on the facts as he believes them to be ; it would be so simple ( because of the inevitable physical proximity of the man and woman ) for the man to ascertain the facts here . |
3 | However , in such cases one will often not need to progress to the follow-up sessions of therapy which would be needed by those others who are trying to overcome a particular problem . |
4 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
5 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
6 | No you do not need to go in the shower . |
7 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
8 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
9 | Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest . |
10 | Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest . |
11 | The good thing about a spreadsheet is that you do not need to worry about the order in which you list items — you can sort on any field later . |
12 | And I wonder if we do not need to enquire into the theological basis of both . |
13 | My hon. Friend talked about the future , but we do not need to look into the crystal ball when we can read the book . |
14 | He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign . |
15 | They do not need to belong to the same phase . |
16 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the problem faced by the United Nations in recent decades has been entanglement in east-west confrontation and that at this stage of its development it does not need to embark on an extremely controversial and difficult period of structural reform but should make greater use not only of the United Nations charter but of the existing United Nations machinery ? |
17 | However , we do not need to embark upon a lengthy discussion of differences between these concepts as such differences will be explained as they bear upon our concern with power in public sector organisations ( see Connolly , 1974 , for treatment of these conceptual issues ) . |
18 | Investment advertisements sent by the firm only to customers satisfying those tests ( or who are themselves authorised under the FSA ) are therefore exempt advertisements for the purposes of the COB Rules and normally do not need to comply with the SFA investment advertisement rules . |
19 | Patients still need to recuperate but do not need to stay in an acute hospital to do so . |
20 | Kopyion had tried to persuade him that he did not need to come to the hoverport . |
21 | Supporting cast DJ Renegade and secondary shouter Blue Eyes provide hardy back-up ; previous single ‘ Mind Of An Ordinary Citizen ’ , the breakneck ‘ Forward ’ and a dangerous tear through manifesto track ‘ Survival Of The Hardest Working ’ to close , are the muscular set 's highlights , and the moment where Blade gets our own Chris Hughes onstage to photograph him with his fans is cute — QED , this jolly , gentle , reassuringly chubby little geezer does not need to pander to the male hormones and the baser instincts of his audience to get noticed . |
22 | ‘ Well , then , I do n't need to elaborate on the miserable atmosphere of this place , where everyone is at outs , and I must be always on my guard . |
23 | This is a very straightforward study , and we do n't need to dwell on the , on the er the design . |
24 | I do n't need to dwell on the journey back to Jesselton , or her funeral or the hours of anguished talks about what everybody was called " the accident " . |
25 | Way back in Isaiah in thirty fifth chapter , the er , the prophet there gives a little picture , and he uses the illustration , he says this way is so plain , it 's so simple , he said that even the wayfaring man , the traveller , though he is a fool , he does n't need to make any mistakes in it , he does n't need to err in the way , it is so simple , it is so easily understood . |
26 | But by the time you 've found that out , you 've met a few people , and you do n't need to hang around the hall any more . |
27 | And you do n't need to put in the whole amount , but then if you do n't put in the whole amount or you withdraw the net interest which you 're entitled to do then you 're pulling away the build-up are n't you ? |
28 | But I refuse to be tempted : I really have no literary ambition at all ; I do n't need to conform to a prevailing stereotype in the search for distinguished and illustrious positions . |
29 | She did n't need to listen to the words when she could read her future in their eyes . |
30 | This also meant that they could get away earlier at night after the show , as they did n't need to wait for the curtain . |