The phrase "a need for extra" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a requirement or desire for additional resources, support, or something beyond what is currently available.
Example: "There is a need for extra funding to complete the project on time."
Alternatives: "a requirement for additional" or "a demand for more".
There would not be a need for extra possessions or short fields, or even field goals.
It was previously suspected that social monogamy resulted from a need for extra parental care by the father.
A need for extra security at venues was not the reason for the modest presence of Israeli art outside Israel.
Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, nominated to succeed General Petraeus as the top United States commander in Iraq, said he did not foresee a need for extra troops to guard against violence around the time of the Iraqi elections.
"Obviously at secondary level you get 11 years warning that there's a need for extra places, at primary level things come around quite quickly," says Cath Smith, headteacher at Bow school in Tower Hamlets.
First, that there was a need for extra freight capacity at the end of March.
"I am not sure that there will be a need for any extra forces," he said.
Mark Dawe, the chief executive of OCR, told The Independent "we struggle every year" to recruit examiners but next year may see a need for an extra 5,000 staff.
The justice ministry estimates that about 1,000 offenders a year will be jailed as a result of the new move, leading to a need for an extra 350 prison places in already overcrowded jails in England and Wales.
There is, therefore, a need for an extra test for the effect of glare under different road lighting intensities.
Mr Osborne's pledge - to be officially announced in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday - comes after NHS England bosses warned of a need for an extra £2bn funding this year, to cope with immediate, unprecedented pressure on NHS budgets.
