Example sentences of "it needs [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Whether your hair is naturally curly or permed it needs extra special care to keep it in tip-top condition .
2 By the 1870s the machine has become so sophisticated that it needs more educated people to run it , to learn new techniques of maintenance and improvement , and to keep up its momentum .
3 The Home Office says that it already pays fifty one percent of the cost of policing the royals , but if the county council can adequately demonstrate that it needs more then funds are available .
4 Try ‘ I 'm pleased that the office manning problem is on next week 's agenda — I 'm worried that it needs more urgent attention ’ or ‘ I love it that you 've asked me to go away — it 's bothering me that I 've got to do this report by Monday . ’
5 ‘ I 'm pleased that the office manning problem is on next week 's agenda — I 'm worried that it needs more urgent attention . ’
6 For example , ‘ Bramley ’ is very difficult to keep small or grow as a cordon as it needs quite different pruning .
7 It needs only one breakdown to stop the whole process , and if the operators are not careful whole pages can ‘ disappear ’ inside the computer .
8 It needs very little provocation to start Shelley off on such topics , or Albé either — he particularly enjoys vampire stories .
9 When the spaces between the scallops are left plain , it needs very little fabric fullness .
10 Mains gas is supplied to around 85% of British homes : it 's available ‘ on tap ’ ( there 's no need to store it ready for use ) ; it 's clean ; it 's easy to control ; and the equipment that uses it needs very little maintenance .
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