"need of doing" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to express the necessity or requirement for something to be done. Example: There is a great need of improving the education system in our country.
They were desperately in need of doing," the managing director admits.
As it is, no one in-house can be surprised if there isn't much interest in a property so badly in need of doing up.
The fact that I'm nearly seven years older than when I started these books means these changes might have happened anyway, but I'm a little sadder than I used to be, more grateful, less funny, more private, more in need of doing things in a linear way, worse at typing, and happier than ever to end a day with a drink on my front porch.
This made the authors feel the need of doing a comparative study between mission statements of social enterprises and corporate enterprises, as that would be a good starting point to understand what differentiates these two types of enterprises.
We're all in need of doing something.
Semi-automatic rifles use the force of each shot to expel the spent shell and advance a fresh shell into the chamber without the need of doing anything manually.
In the post-cold war atmosphere of globalization, in which the needs of doing business increasingly take precedence over (or incorporate) all other concerns, governments seem increasingly unwilling to intervene in such cases.
If so, "you need to think of doing it differently," he wrote.
Fourth, we need a new way of doing politics itself.
Like it's inevitable and in need of being done, instead of needing to be done fun.
Eliminating need, of course, does not necessarily mean eliminating imports completely but it does mean a change in American leverage.
