Example sentences of "[pron] saw the need " in BNC.

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1 It was not until I was at a conference at which Jean Darnall was speaking that I saw the need to ask others to pray for me .
2 Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves .
3 Even those who saw the need for theoretical models sometimes exulted in a pluralism that had the effect of giving priority to none .
4 At the very least , if the best conditions for improvement were to obtain , they saw the need to ensure that illegal importations did not occur and that it was valuable to have information which would allow a judgement as to whether the slave population was increasing .
5 As a result , it saw the need to continue strong support for local authority housing provision .
6 At the time , the Board was primarily concerned with accounting standard-setting for business organizations , but it saw the need to involve itself with non-business organizations as well and this research study was its first move in that direction .
7 He did not wish to upset people ; he saw the need for discretion .
8 He saw the need for education in most of the small towns , and in Ambleside suggested plans for the employment of the workless .
9 It was over 150 years ago that he saw the need for working men to have somewhere to meet in their spare time , to talk and relax .
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