The phrase "are needed to alter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing requirements or necessities for making changes or modifications to something.
Example: "Additional resources are needed to alter the project's timeline effectively."
Alternatives: "are required to change" or "are essential to modify".
Six votes are needed to alter an existing rule or install a new one, making FIFA's agreement essential to any proposed changes in the rules.
Still, the officials say, given the problems of the region — the American difficulties in Iraq; the growing influence of Iran Israell's summer war with the Iran- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and Hamas's sway over Gaza — efforts are needed to alter the status quo and promote moderate Palestinian political goals.
While "potentially toxic additives" are needed to alter the properties of conventional plastics, Ingber noted that plasticizers are not required in their material.
Efforts are needed to alter health beliefs, targeting subgroups of vulnerable population, and create environments that promote better coordinated primary care.
Above all, collective action is needed to alter the balance of power in the lower reaches of the labour market.
Although immediate positive effects have been noted, more intensive, long-term interventions may be needed to alter these negative interaction behaviors.
However, legislative change would be needed to alter the status quo on retransmission fees, and here there's a major potential stumbling block; broadcasters feel that the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is unlikely to want to tackle the issue.
One point discussed was whether a provision in the municipal home rule law stipulating that a referendum is needed to alter the term of an elected office might apply in this case, several of the participants said.
Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice and prayerfully sought guidance". It would be surprising for any organisation in this day and age to admit to racism.
Still, some degree of compromise will be needed to alter the status quo, he said, adding: "There is no end to that conflict but a political end".
Nevertheless, the level of exosomal transfer that is needed to alter recipient cell gene expression in vivo remains an open question.
