Sentence examples for a supposed need from inspiring English sources

Most Canadians, however, have swallowed jingoistic nonsense from the government about a supposed need to affirm the country's "sovereignty" in the region (Stephen Harper said we should "use it or lose it").

The literature scan revealed a supposed need for easily accessible interventions for the indicated prevention of depression [ 2, 3, 5, 34- 37].

Some years ago, the novelist Claire Messud chided a reporter who questioned her about the supposed need, out of a hackneyed Hollywood script, for protagonists to be sympathetic or likeable.

Our strategy is survival," he writes of a nuclear-armed state, by far the most powerful in the region, and its supposed need to administer "periodic reminders" to enemies.

Hence his supposed need to stay on the right side of the social conservatives who oppose same-sex marriage.

If we take as our starting point the supposed need to reduce social expenditure, we will not arrive at the goal of reducing poverty and inequality.

The supposed need for principles comes after that decision, not before.

Blaming shareholders would be particularly out of sync with the supposed need for governance reforms to increase shareholders' power.

Torturing people is dependent on a nation's supposed needs, killing people on the expediency of policy, waging war on monetary and commercial gain, and lying to the people is a highly reputable tactic in pursuit of each.

BERNARD DILBERT Dear Diary: Like many, I am annoyed by people's supposed needs to have phone conversations wherever they are.

But, in general, these themes are almost always offered to help frame the collections for the buyers, who we suppose need a fancy little fairytale to prod them into emptying their pockets.