Example sentences of "[am/are] needed [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Further events are needed to disentangle the various possibilities .
2 Metropolitan counties are needed to guide the strategic planning of the city regions , to organize intra-urban transport and to frame economic and demographic mobility within and between conurbations .
3 Further , large-scale studies are needed to confirm the encouraging results obtained so far .
4 RISC processors are needed to support the additional functionality of R5 , it says , which includes additional security , internationalism and localisation , scalable fonts and PEX — the Phigs extensions to X. The company 's first R3000-based products were launched onto the market last summer .
5 Further studies are needed to validate the suggested criteria for newborn infants .
6 The government has introduced new restrictions on the use of national park land in the event of privatisation but Opposition , and some Conservative , MPs believe that tougher planning controls are needed to enable the national park authorities to block damaging development .
7 Or must they remain part of the ‘ mass ’ , in other words the corps de ballet , because they are needed to create the proper atmosphere , state the location , suggest the mood and very often respond to whatever is taking place ?
8 I think everyone would be surprised at these figures but might think : ‘ OK , I suppose these migrants are needed to fuel the economic health of Welsh industry , and we must tolerate the environmental cost of housing them . ’
9 Animal lovers and green fingered volunteers are needed to help the new trust look after the flora and fauna in and around Darlington .
10 Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total .
11 They 're the sort of women who are needed to make the real changes .
12 But we recognise that , in addition to a much higher rate of new building , additional emergency measures are needed to reduce the tragic number of homeless people .
13 Use not less than 1,000 rpm to minimise the risk of lead fouling , but no more than are needed to achieve the correct speed with minimum braking .
14 AN army of helpers are needed to ensure the smooth running of the North West 200 .
15 Intel Corp says it expects to spend about $2,500m on capital expenditures and research and development in 1993 , an increase of 25% on estimated 1992 spending of about $2m , saying that the expenditures , unusually high as a percentage of sales even for a high technology company , are needed to address the increasing complexity of microprocessors and the high cost of chip plants ; the company has started paying a dividend , making its shares attractive to a wider range of institutions , and the expectation is that it will tap the market for new funds .
16 Telescopes are needed to show the White Dwarf , but binoculars show the main pair clearly , and the components are separable with the naked eye .
17 They are needed to avoid the loose rock above the climbs , and in any event will make this excellent semi-sporting climbing venue an even more attractive proposition .
18 This may be because lower stresses are required for the formation of new thrust faults on its margin than are needed to elevate the entire Tibetan Plateau .
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