The phrase "are the need" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be a fragment that lacks proper context or structure.
Example: "There are the need for more resources in our project."
Alternatives: "is the need" or "exists the need".
Overtly investor-friendly regulatory regimes are the need of the hour.
They are the need for: Treaty change to underpin new protections for non-eurozone members in the single market.
They are the need for: Agreement on the length of the emergency brake that can be imposed to restrict in-work benefits for EU migrants to the UK.
Other targets are the need for more rapid innovation, a focus on "green" growth and tackling environmental problems, and expanded welfare services such as healthcare and education.
In that light the truly pressing issues are the need to banish the hereditary principle, and to ensure the appointments process is clean.
Those areas of agreement, she said, are the need for stronger background checks and better mental health care, not weapons bans.
Other major themes are the need for Jews living outside Palestine to observe religious law strictly and the promise of the restoration of Israel as a nation.
– Tom Murdoch Accountability: "Government does recognise the need for arm's length bodies – even if through gritted teeth – and the three tests it applies are the need for impartiality, independence or performing a "technical function".
The need to feel fairly treated is an innate human given, others are the need to feel valued, appreciated, listened to, involved in decision making, trusted and given the opportunity to increase in knowledge and skills.
Equally controversial are the need and the powers of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Its main disadvantages are the need to dry before processing, limited resistance to chemicals and UV light, and notch sensitivity.
