The phrase "against a need" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts discussing opposition or resistance to a necessity or requirement, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "The organization acted against a need for immediate action, prioritizing long-term goals instead."
Alternatives: "in opposition to a need" or "contrary to a need".
But he added that Obama had to balance this freedom against a need to maintain secret and classified material.
These constraints must be balanced against a need to improve scientific credibility through improved statistical and analytical methods that optimize the use of available information.
They're no longer as entrepreneurial or risk-taking as they might be, and instead have to balance gains against a need to pay back the government.
"You have to balance that against a need for economic development, but in my view the two are not mutually exclusive," he said.
But I still have no sense, no sense of... they literally were pieces that were taken against a deadline, against a need for money".
Fortunately, we do not have a pressing need to spend the proceeds of this debt, but we believe that the added liquidity will enhance the university's financial stability and provide insurance against a need to raise funds at a time when the market might be less attractive.
Judge Pauley said privacy protections enshrined in the fourth amendment of the US constitution needed to be balanced against a government need to maintain a database of records to prevent future terrorist attacks.
Against this background, there is a need for effective conflict mitigation that breaks the cycle of violence, retaliation and impoverishment.
Against this background, there is a need for a standardised but flexible outcome evaluation instrument.
Therefore, in order to elicit an optimal immune response against a pathogen, there is a need to stimulate innate and adaptive immune response simultaneously [ 1- 4].
Inconsistent linkage between beliefs about transmission, as against beliefs about prevention, implies a need for better quality health education.
