Example sentences of "needs a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally she states that she needs a hundred francs to pay a bill for her clothing . |
| 2 | When this is no longer so , the fact of a male priesthood makes God appear to be in some way peculiarly male , such that He needs a male priesthood to represent Him . |
| 3 | One needs a Porter-style analysis to discover exactly what type of investment and competitive strategy is needed to achieve or maintain market share or competitive position ; one can not just assume that any type of investment in capacity in areas of high market share will lead to future success . |
| 4 | It needs a new person to take it into the future , someone free of the old , deeply ingrained prejudices and affiliations . |
| 5 | Supporters of the scheme say the town needs a new supermarket to boost a flagging economy and that the site is suitable for a new store . |
| 6 | Stephen needs a simple operation to remove his adenoids and insert grommets in his ears . |
| 7 | So calculating Duration needs a simple formula to work out |
| 8 | I do speak German , only it needs a major overhaul to set it right . ’ |
| 9 | It needs a powerful machine to run it at a reasonable speed but even if you do n't have such a machine you need to know about it as a sign of things to come . |
| 10 | Needs a powerful game to hold off challenge of Philip Schutte . |
| 11 | Modern Parasitology is an uneven book and needs a standard text to go with it according to the editor , T. E. G. Cox . |
| 12 | I said look a working woman needs a working man to help support herself and her children . |
| 13 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 14 | He sounds like he needs a good rogering to wake him up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It needs a born Highlander to understand aright our Scottish Highlanders ’ , goes on JTR , ‘ and to gather from them all the lore they know , so as to give us pictures that will live on in after ages . |
| 16 | Barley thrives in somewhat cooler climes and , being less ‘ hungry ’ , does not need such rich soil — it tends to grow too long and ‘ lodge ’ on very strong soils — but it still needs a longish season to ripen well . |
| 17 | It needs a special artist to sustain such a programme , and the wonderful thing about Vengerov 's playing is that in , say , the Paganini First Concerto , one can sit back and take the accomplishment for granted , acknowledge that he can overcome any Paganinian hurdle , and simply relish the way he actually makes something of the music . |
| 18 | It 's a large operating system that needs a hard drive to hold the extensive files that come with it , but has many redeeming features . |
| 19 | Stuart , from Shoeburyness , Essex , now needs a further £90,000 to pay for his operation in the US . |
| 20 | For instance , the reason that to pull someone 's left leg and to kick the large bucket have no normal idiomatic interpretation is that leg and bucket carry no meaning in the idiom , so there is nothing for left and large to carry out their normal modifying functions on ( in general , a modifier needs a semantic constituent to modify ) . |
| 21 | It needs a full day to explore just one of the island circuits thoroughly . |
| 22 | A novice needs a determined approach to learn when big winds are blowing in the high season , but the rewards of perseverance are great . |
| 23 | The National Committee for Superconductivity ( NCS ) believes that Britain needs a determined effort to take advantage of the opportunities offered by high temperature superconductors . |
| 24 | One thing I did not like about the aircraft was the flap lever which is mounted on the left side of the aircraft and needs a hefty pull to operate . |
| 25 | Females of the three species have sombre plumage of dark brown , and it needs a practised eye to tell female king eider from common eider . |