Sentence examples for necessary yes from inspiring English sources

"Judges play a subordinate role — necessary yes, but subordinate nonetheless.

"I must say the military aspect is necessary, yes," said Mr Chirac.

"We would hope not to put everyone on [this] one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it," Tong told the Associated Press.

"And when necessary, yes, it does directly call out some of our close friends, as well as some countries with whom we seek stronger ties, and it does so in order to try to make progress, even though we know it may cause some discomfort," Mr. Kerry said, referring to the report.

But I think something is necessary, yes.

When I questioned a New York Times reporter on why they felt they didn't need to make disclosures in (very occasional) stories where they were conflicted (here and here, for example), he said the newspaper was above suspicion and, therefore, disclosures weren't necessary (yes, he actually said this).

But yesterday he qualified that, saying such responsibility rested first with local diocesan review boards, but that if necessary, "then yes, we will get involved".

What he was doing was arguing for the proposition that "force may sometimes be necessary," that "yes, the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace".

Necessary evil, yes.

Dawn felt that there were too many musical performances, commenting: "They might be fun performances, but they're not all necessary, and yes, it is possible to have too much music even on a successful narrative musical TV series".

We've come a long way in the last four decades on sexual assault, but this necessary shift to "yes means yes" will not be an easy one.