compelling need
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompellingandneed
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compelling
adjective
uk/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/us/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/
If a reason, argument, etc. is compelling, it makes you believe it or accept it because it is ...
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need
noun
uk/niːd/us/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofcompellingandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There was indeed acompellingneedto enlarge the electoral base after the failure of the 1968 elections.
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So there is acompellingneedfor thorough-going reform.
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I see nocompellingneedto alter these arrangements.
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Thus, there is acompellingneedto identify factors in early childhood that are associated with chronic versus self-limiting patterns of externalizing behavior.
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There is a perceivedcompellingneedto protect and preserve what one equates with one's own self-identity and selfworth and which separates one group from all others.
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There is acompellingneedfor a good policy in this regard.
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Nevertheless, they feel acompellingneedto improve their export performance.
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They are people whose claim, andcompellingneed, was for benefits as of right.
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Secondly, is there acompellingneedwhich cannot be met by a reasonable alternative route?
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Thecompellingneednow is for further growth, not least of scheduled services.
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There is acompellingneedfor such a service to be available to all young people.
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There does not therefore seem to be the samecompellingneedfor an extension power.
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There is also thecompellingneedto improve the quality of fish for the market.
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The first and crucial issue is thecompellingneedcarry out a comprehensive, independent scientific investigation.
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We should think carefully and be wholly satisfied that there is somecompellingneedfor it.
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The replacement of the ships involved, which is apparently acompellingneed, should not present a problem.
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On these projections are based statements of thecompellingneedfor new airports within certain time scales.
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There is acompellingneedto advance our state of knowledge about this still poorly understood condition.
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I think that that demonstrates thecompellingneedto consider how prisoners can best be prepared for discharge.
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Leaving aside the absence of detailed proposals, we see nocompellingneedor advantage in such tribunals.
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There is always acompellingneedwhich makes it obligatory upon us to make a concession of this kind.
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They were right then to conclude that there was no reasonable alternative means of meeting thiscompellingneed.
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Patients typically must demonstrate financial or othercompellingneed.
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On thecompellingneedto go beyond minimum competency.
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