Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] need for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promised Claudia that my desperate need for a child was a magical , elemental desire , a sunny , smiling commitment to placing myself in time , a responsible appreciation of the ultimate inevitable selflessness of being alive , and acknowledgement of my need to escape a sorry hedonism , a way to face up to the past and accept the future . |
| 2 | Their professed need for a load valley in summer to permit overhaul could not be reconciled with the common observation that their capacity problems were not at their worst then ; it could not both be true that the differential charge would have no effect and that it would have so large an effect in cutting consumption the Boards would make losses . |
| 3 | He also suggests that the Japanese dominate the market partly because of their domestic need for a communications system which could accommodate an alphabet of some 2,000 characters . |
| 4 | Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield . |
| 5 | Often their own need for a change is equally strong too , and if the arrangement is made through a social worker from the local authority social services department in whom they have confidence , they go with no fear of not being allowed to return when the holiday period is over . |
| 6 | Face to face with him ( the first time since receiving their inheritance from him ) , they attack his claimed need for a hundred knights . |