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The phrase "are occasionally needed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing situations where something is not required all the time but is necessary at certain times.
Example: "In complex projects, additional resources are occasionally needed to meet deadlines."
Alternatives: "are sometimes required" or "are intermittently necessary."
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The United States depends heavily on an array of reconnaissance, early warning, communication, navigational and weather satellites, and replacements are occasionally needed.
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Hang-off mode of a drilling riser is occasionally needed during subsea installation/platform relocation operations or evacuation after an emergency disconnection.
Skin grafting is occasionally needed to treat this problem.
Total parenteral nutrition is occasionally needed but may be associated with adverse outcome as well (8).
That these are all occasionally needed should be enough to dissuade most amateurs.
Such books make enlightening historical foot notes, even if they themselves are occasionally in need of a footnote or two.
Machines cannot navigate the vertical angles, although helicopters are occasionally used when a vineyard needs to be sprayed.
Although the two sets of observations are very similar most of the time, there are occasionally significant differences that users need to be aware of and must account for, especially those using data for operational purposes.
(Sophomores and juniors are occasionally admitted to the program but need a recommendation from a current BSP student).
Other targets are occasionally observed to meet specific calibration needs that might arise, and ACIS-S and HRC-S (see Table 7.5) are routinely calibrated by themselves (i.e., without gratings).
She also thought that Toyah had a romantic view of love, was too trusting and occasionally needed to be "a bit more clued up".
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