"a matter that needs" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to introduce a topic or issue that requires attention or action. Example: "Climate change is a matter that needs urgent attention from global leaders."
"Well, the agenda question is still a matter that needs to be resolved.
It is just a question of corralling it and using it not a matter that needs state subsidy.
Or if a client disparages her ex-husband, he'll say, "That's a matter that needs to be discussed with a different professional than myself".
"And hopefully, we can work with the Russians, who — for the first time, at least — are recognizing that this is a matter that needs to go to the Security Council," she said.
But when the numbers reach the hundreds and, with some predicting that they will be in their thousands by the time the event is staged in 2022, this is a matter that needs urgent attention.
"It has been put to us that in corporate finance work and tax work the only duty that a member owes is to his client, provided that he acts with integrity, and that the public interest is not a matter that needs to concern him," the tribunal wrote.
Hardly a week passed without an email from her regarding an injustice about which she felt strongly, inviting action to garner support in aid of a matter that needed to be put right.
"There is a perception that issues like assault and abuse within the family are a matter that need to be solved within the family," says Ms. Supinho.
And this is a global matter that needs a global solution.
Olson said he wanted to "reassure everyone that this isn't a health scare, but rather a personal matter that needs my undivided attention".
"Kim Davis is just an example of what's going to be happening not only to other clerks but to other people who are going to be confronted with this issue and we think that this is a serious matter that needs to be decided by a higher court, even the Supreme Court," Liberty Counsel founder Mathew Staver told the AP.
