"a common need" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It is used to refer to something that is required or desired by a group of people, rather than just an individual. Example: "Access to clean water is a common need for all living beings."
Garment factories, for example, cluster together, because they share a common need for support services.
She described a club based on a common need that was made up of her and her friend Arlene Francis: "We shared the same terrible personality trait: neither of us could stand it if everybody didn't love us".
4 First Trip for Spanish Leader Spain's new prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, on his first trip abroad, held talks with officials in neighboring Morocco, a country to which Madrid is now bound by a common need to fight terrorism.
Spain's new prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, on his first trip abroad, held talks on Saturday with officials in Morocco, Spain's neighbor and trading partner but also a country to which Madrid is now bound by a common need to fight Islamic terrorism.
This is a common need to repository administrators.
Both cross-country and within-country research designs share a common need for controls.
Those with the status of société anonyme, the most common, need a unanimous vote from shareholders.
While there is a multitude of social protection needs in Liberia, the most common need is a reliable minimum income.
It is a common human need to hold on to a sense of normalcy, a need to know that the unimaginable does not happen.
But questions about financing a common project need to be clarified first, he said.
A common currency needs this, and the only way to achieve it is through deeper integration.
