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The phrase "are needed to pick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing requirements or necessities for selecting or choosing something.
Example: "Several tools are needed to pick the right candidate for the job."
Alternatives: "are required to choose" or "are essential to select".
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But female workers are needed to pick up the demographic slack as society ages, and low pay will make work seem less appealing to them.
For example, classical mechanics can be related by the correspondence condition to an infinite number of alternative and mutually incompatible theories, and some additional criteria are needed to pick out the best among them.
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Often Landmark is needed to pick up the pieces of an education gone awry.
With the economic boost from inventory shifts and stimulus waning, private demand growth is needed to pick up the slack.
They're not going to do what's needed to pick these clients up, and be there if they fall again".
Other tests were needed to pick up antibodies, a sure sign that the body has raised its defences to tackle a threatening infection.
A high level of suspicion is needed to pick these up.
That means only an antenna is needed to pick up the HD feed.
"That's why we will be trying to improve the squad and help the players we have here to start picking up that momentum and consistency that's needed to pick up points on a regular basis.
This Google Map mash-up should help by providing data on where station's broadcast towers are and how much power is needed to pick up the given station.
Now that Carlin is gone, someone else will be needed to pick up this torch and carry it onward.
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