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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alone needed" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey that something is required by itself, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The resources alone needed for this project are substantial."
Alternatives: "needed alone" or "required by itself".
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In 2015, Malawi alone needed $170m.
The files of the SS alone needed six freight cars to carry them.
Mr. Robinson of Bechtel said that Baghdad alone needed about 1,700 megawatts at the moment, but that it was producing only 1,200 or 1,300.
He said that his client, a woman living alone, needed to feel "comfortable and secure and protected" but also wanted lots of natural light for her studio, a separate building behind her house.
Earlier this week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that Africa alone needed $72bn a year in aid – a "daunting" sum but one, he pointed out, that was a tenth of the US bail-out and much less than the estimated $267bn spent last year by the world's industrialised countries on agricultural subsidies.
But the system's true capital needs are $10 billion, with an estimated $4.5 billion alone needed for the Red Line, during a time of declining funding from Springfield and Washington and as many are blind to mass transit's link to economic and cultural vitality.
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The pools in Westchester alone need 1,500 lifeguards each summer.
This is not something that Britain alone needs to address.
But President Bush alone needs only a dubya to make his identity clear.
If it fails, he and he alone needs to take the blame.
The WHO estimates Sierra Leone alone needs around 10,000 health workers.
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