Example sentences of "the [noun sg] requires a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the University requires a prime time slot on , for example , a Saturday , it may be necessary for the Club to seek sponsorship .
2 It is to say that whether it has done so can not be determined by asking whether the statute requires a certain state of facts to exist before a decision is reached : all statutes always do this .
3 A second hand television and radio gifted to the club requires an aerial so contact will be made with G. Lightheart .
4 A second hand television and radio gifted to the club requires an aerial so contact will be made with G. Lightheart .
5 The Plan requires a radical change in the structure but also the culture of the city .
6 In many countries there has been a phased reduction in the lead content of petrol and in the UK , for example , lead-free petrol is on sale at a lower price , at selected petrol stations ( the engine requires a minor adjustment to use it ) and there are indications of a move towards the obligatory use of lead-free petrol for all vehicles .
7 To do the work requires an enormous amount of effort beavering away among old records , checking , copying and encoding .
8 The test requires a three-step procedure as follows : Abstraction — discovering the non-literal elements by a process akin to reverse engineering , beginning with the code and ending with the program 's ultimate function .
9 One-to-one teaching is tiring for both learner and teacher , as the session requires a high degree of concentration from both .
10 But a snag is that the fibre requires an optoelectronic converter where the subscriber wants to plug into cable .
11 To see the aura requires a certain amount of esoteric training ( unless you are a natural sensitive ) , but most people can feel it to a greater or lesser degree .
12 Not much cop considering that the game requires a hefty one hundred of the little blighters to be meandering about at once !
13 The sediment created during second fermentation is composed of various waste-products , several types of which possess a sticky character ; to encourage these more cohesive particles to descend to the base of the cork requires a certain amount of physical persuasion and , as a result , a method of supplying this encouragement , remuage , was developed .
14 The theory requires a low preglacial sea level , which is completely at variance with the conclusions of most Pleistocene research workers .
15 No bookseller can expect to supply the bulk of a library 's orders from stock , and basically the librarian requires a quick , efficient service for material which the bookseller must obtain from the publisher .
16 To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body .
17 The answer requires a brief detour to air transport documentation .
18 Allowing for these considerations , the manager must attempt to match the availability of staff with the needs of patients , which in the main requires an even distribution of staff absence .
19 The project requires a flexible approach , demanding not only an analysis of the law but an economic and business approach to the nature of the small business and an understanding of small business computer systems .
20 The model requires a new integrated health care purchasing authority with integrated budgets , separation of purchasing and provision in primary care , local contracting with general practice , establishment of a general practice executive committee , and purchasing of secondary care by a joint team representing general practitioners and management , each controlling resources .
21 To reach the rest of the world requires a complicated system of phone and fax connections , says Hajrich .
22 The software requires a personal computer capable of running AutoCAD Release 11 with a 40Mb hard disk .
23 The usual loss in packing density is again of the order of 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent , but as with the high-level indexes , there will be a proportionately heavy overhead for small files if the software requires a complete cylinder to be used for independent overflow .
24 The production of haploid cells by the diploid requires a special series of cell divisions ( ‘ meiosis ’ ) , during which genetic exchange between the two sets of chromosomes takes place .
25 In the next Chapter , for example , it is shown that the system requires a large forcing resistance to operate at the highest speeds and in most cases the total phase resistance is then much greater than the optimum for electromagnetic damping .
26 Instead the results suggest that the system requires an occasional rhythmic input from the outside world to run smoothly .
27 Replacing new genes for old — homologous recombination — is now feasible in animal cells , but the technology requires a great deal of refinement before such a feat could be achieved in human somatic cells .
28 Striking the balance requires a long lead-in period to allow the land to be cleansed of chemicals and to create a fertile environment through natural manuring and crop rotation .
29 Elsewhere in the book I have written about problems that are impossible to solve because the solution requires a basic contradiction .
30 The solution requires an elaborate planning and control procedure .
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