Collocations withneed
These are words often used in combination withneed.
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basic need
His basic need is to say something quickly.
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compelling need
There was indeed a compelling need to enlarge the electoral base after the failure of the 1968 elections.
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consequent need
It was an inescapable product of the deification of the leadership position itself and consequent need to sustain prestige to match the created image.
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critical need
There is a critical need for theoretically driven, evidence-based intervention programs for foster parents.
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crying need
Of course, there is a crying need for curriculum engineering.
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customer need
For each function that impacts a particular customer need, a "1" is entered into the cell in the matrix.
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definite need
There is a definite need for higher fidelity cost models earlier in the design process.
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demonstrated need
Second, we assume that entry into that workplace follows a demonstrated need for information.
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desperate need
They were in desperate need of assistance and thus amenable to the overtures of central government.
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dietary need
It takes around 2,000 - 3,000 litres of water to produce enough food to satisfy one person's daily dietary need.
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dire need
Bilingualism is in dire need of formal models.
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educational need
Although it would be desirable to recruit on the basis of educational need, this was not practically possible.
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emotional need
As with other nations, there was the wish to satisfy a deep emotional need.
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ever-changing needs
As the level of trust increases, the user may relinquish some of the control, thus the agent needs to be able to adapt to the user's ever-changing needs.
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evolving needs
While there are notable and highly regarded exceptions, there is no doubt that some schools have not been preparing young architects to meet the 'evolving needs of practice'.
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expressed need
The need to feel helpful to the patient was a commonly expressed need.
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felt need
These factors combined to generate a felt need for assistance.
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greatest need
But the greatest need is for transparency.
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humanitarian need
It is necessary to establish that a humanitarian need exists.
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identified need
The first identified need, access to care and support, encompasses both person-to-person contact and written/audio-visual material.
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immediate need
It cannot learn or grow, but can only express its immediate need and immediate grief.
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imperative need
Children can and should have a role in making decisions about their participation in research, but this imperative need not hinge on a polar determination of decisional authority.
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increasing need
A further explanation could be an increasing need for legitimacy.
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innate need
That is because nature has endowed us with the innate need to survive, and to survive in nature one frequently has to be extremely cruel.
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just need
We just need to become skeptical pragmatists.
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legitimate need
Concerned with the sustainability of the welfare state, they wished to preserve it for deserving citizens and those in legitimate need.
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metabolic need
For this reason, the retinal microvasculature must be par ticularly efficient in distributing oxygen, glucose, and other nutrients to regions of metabolic need.
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need consideration
Extra-care housing, extra-sheltered housing, and adult placement schemes would also need consideration.
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need cooperation
This may need cooperation between the software and the hardware.
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need monitoring
If a woman becomes pregnant, she may need monitoring for particular problems.
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need of conservation
Certainly, that he chose to collect in the field implies that it was considerable and valuable, in need of conservation and arrangement.
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need of reform
The students offered few examples of deficiencies in need of reform.
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overriding need
They are a most irresponsible contribution to the major overriding need of this country to bring inflation under better control.
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overwhelming need
The limitations on the application of technology to prosthetics is very much based on the overwhelming need for the devices to be practical.
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patient need
Does the patient need diuretics?
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perceived need
This depended on perceived need.
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physiological need
People with anorexia have extremely high levels of ghrelin (the hunger hormone that signals a physiological need for food) in their blood.
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pressing need
The pressing need for railroads was often voiced.
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psychological need
There is a felt psychological need for the emotions of nationalism as a necessary underpinning of a nation state.
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short-term need
The whole idea should not be confined to the short-term need for answers to specific questions.
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societal need
We acknowledge that there is a wider societal need and that, in certain matters, companies are not always, or even often, the best arbiters of their own interests.
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special need
Those who enter theatre as 'orphans' have a special need for the past.
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specific need
As a result, it is difficult for people with a specific need in mind to select a suitable methodology for their purpose.
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still need
These patients still need medicine.
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subsistence needs
Pension levels are defined in relation to subsistence needs, and are usually pitched considerably below net earnings during the period of paid employment.
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unmet need
Meeting the unmet need with disease management.
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urgent need
The urgent need to improve health care quality.
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varied needs
What is needed is quick, flexible, immediate service to meet the varied needs of individual traders.
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vital need
That is a vital need.
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