Example sentences of "do [not/n't] need a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Walking well that day , he did not need a stick . |
| 2 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 3 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 4 | It was no wonder men turned to prostitutes , he thought ; but he himself had had one appalling lesson and did not need a second . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 6 | in the middle of August , that the UK did not need a PWR , part of a debate not yet settled . |
| 7 | He had read the script of Five Easy Pieces , whose title , it did not need a genius to work out , was designed to link back to Easy Rider ( though there were no physical connections whatsoever , apart from Nicholson himself , and the thematic stance of Easy Rider . ) |
| 8 | But she also said it 'd be a nation which did not need a manufacturing industry , nor an industrial base . |
| 9 | She sought to ‘ pacify ’ Miss T. and did not think that there was any problem as Miss T. did not need a blood transfusion . |
| 10 | There was only one place they could scour that did not need a search warrant : TV London . |
| 11 | They said they had come to Britain because they did not need a visa and because they thought it was a free country . |
| 12 | They know that these well-tried and tested ways work , and do not need a scientist or advertising agency to sell them . |
| 13 | I have also enclosed a FREEPOST envelope so you do not need a stamp to return it . |
| 14 | You do not need a degree in statistics to see what has happened to the firm 's trading profit over this six year period . |
| 15 | A paper bag is best as you do not need a nozzle for flooding , and a hole can be snipped into the base of the paper cone at the last minute . |
| 16 | ‘ We do not need a peace envoy , thank you very much , ’ Sir Patrick said , before going on to emphasise that what was needed was a settlement from the current all-party talks process . |
| 17 | If it is between pH7 and pH8 you do not need a buffer , if it is acidic ( below pH7 ) use an alkaline buffer . |
| 18 | A further gain is that we do not need a sampling frame for the 10 000 cattle but only for each of the 10 herds ; such a frame could be constructed on the investigator 's arrival at a farm . |
| 19 | To the Young Generation averred that " We do not need a tsar , or an emperor , or the Lord 's anointed , or a robe of ermine covering up hereditary incompetence " . |
| 20 | I would suggest we do not need a second read of the discussion , but that can people keep an eye on , or try and change what is already there on pollution itself . |
| 21 | If individuals do not need a job or title or status to know who they are ( e.g. in older societies ) , then the energy they put into their job or career may seem slight to those in the new societies . |
| 22 | Surely in 1993 we do not need a Great Homer Street system of trading as it was in the 1920s . |
| 23 | We can perhaps include in the category of semantic indicator such cases as the dis — of disappoint , disgust , dismay , etc. , and the im — of impertinent , impudent , etc. , if the former is felt to be related to the dis — of dislike and disapprove , and the latter to the im — of impolite ; the segments — appoint , — gust , — may , — pertinent and — pudent have no discernible semantic function , and do not need a label . |
| 24 | We do not need a fund to get there but rather we need to face up to and deal with the systematic discrimination that women face . ’ |
| 25 | The service elements of the job fall into two categories — those that are routine and mundane and do not need a doctor to carry them out , and those that are essentially the front line services for health delivery in our hospitals . |
| 26 | Generally , such new ‘ long-stay ’ patients do not need a hospital ward ; a closely supervised staffed house where medical and other treatments are readily available would be more suitable , but at present few appropriate facilities exist . |
| 27 | The advantages of the bound book form is that they are hughly portable and do not need a power source . |
| 28 | You do not need a thermostat , so a pond or even a brewer 's immersible heater is all right , connected to the mains with outdoor quality cable and plugs — via a circuit breaker for safety . |
| 29 | You do not need a wristwatch in East Africa . |
| 30 | Willis had frequently told her that these old barges , in spite of their great sails , did n't need a crew of more than two men , in fact a man and a boy could handle them easily . |