Example sentences of "they needed [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to understand what they had found they needed to classify the fossil organisms into particular kinds , more or less similar , to impose an order on what would otherwise have been a vast and chaotic mass of different and apparently unrelated relics . |
| 2 | For the player it was simply sartorial preference , but as he explained in his autobiography , for the over-ripe imaginations of Glasgow — a town called malice — it was all the proof they needed to spread the rumour that MoJo was a heroin addict disguising his needle marks . |
| 3 | With some 275,000 employees nationwide , British Telecom faced a massive communications job when they needed to explain the introduction of a new technical system to every manager in the company . |
| 4 | then when his great moment came and his wife came to cut the cake all the photographers suddenly decided they needed to clean the lenses of their camera and his wife 's picture was never taken . |
| 5 | Collections , raffles , sponsored events and a quiz night/disco were held to help the nurses raise the £3,000 they needed to make the trip . |
| 6 | Captain Awud proposed that , since everyone knew the total of voters , they needed to count the votes for one candidate only . |
| 7 | He gave Beaumont and David of Strathbogie some limited help in raising the money they needed to launch the invasion , and some time before the expedition left for Scotland he received Edward Balliol 's homage for the kingdom he hoped to conquer . |
| 8 | However , the recoil needed dampening ; sighting was crude and they needed to overcome the risk of self-inflicted damage from ejected casings . |
| 9 | In the end the team of players from Croxdale , Spennymoor , Ferryhill and Middlesbrough managed a total of 449,350 more than 312 points per minute , but short of the 350-plus average they needed to beat the record . |
| 10 | These two judges were called the horse and the hen , because it was said , they needed to have the swiftness of the one and the vigilance of the other . |
| 11 | They needed to study the business of administration more . |
| 12 | The two planned by-elections gave the Protestant Unionists the opportunity they needed to maintain the momentum of their electoral challenge . |