required assistance

collocation in English

meaningsofrequireandassistance

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require
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈkwaɪər/us
/rɪˈkwaɪr/
to need something or make ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk
/əˈsɪs.təns/us
/əˈsɪs.təns/
help:
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(Definition ofrequireandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrequired assistance

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Over a quarter of nursing home admissionsrequiredassistancewith bedfast procedures.
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Almost two-thirds of those recruited at service settingsrequiredassistancein this way.
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Specifically, respondents were asked whether their parentsrequiredassistancewith basic personal needs and whether they could be left alone.
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This figure was skewed by the results of one subject whorequiredassistance20 times.
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We placed there men who were unemployed andrequiredassistance.
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I understood that legal aid was given only to those whorequiredassistanceand who could not afford litigation without it.
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How could she possibly have known that sherequiredassistance?
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The purpose of our accumulation of a gold reserve is the defence of sterling; and it would be completely sterilised unless we use it when sterlingrequiredassistance.
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My officers have been in touch with the medical officer of health throughout the epidemic, and have asked on a number of occasions whether herequiredassistance.
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Rochefort, an able horseman, attempted to ride and act, but was obviously wincing in pain, andrequiredassistancedismounting and walking.
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Apparently he had managed to tie himself to his bed, andrequiredassistancein releasing himself.
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She would also be the one who would bring in any animal guest thatrequiredassistance(mostly the insect ones).
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About 7,758 families, a total of 36,391 people,requiredassistancewith food supplies for over 13 weeks.
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Often the cangue was large enough that the prisonerrequiredassistanceto eat or drink, as his hands could not reach his own mouth.
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However, most were left without power and clean water andrequiredassistancefrom local agencies.
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When the train no longerrequiredassistance, the helper/pusher would slow, then reverse and coast back down the grade to its siding at the bottom of the grade.
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He then became the private secretary of a field marshal whorequiredassistancein writing his memoirs.
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Getting up afterwards oftenrequiredassistance.
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The government justified this elitist approach by announcing that they had identified graduatesand in particular the females among themas a group whichrequiredassistancein terms of finding lifelong partners.
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