Sentence examples for needed modifying from inspiring English sources

Whittingdale said he thought the licence fee would survive for the next 10 years, but needed modifying to take into account on-demand viewing via the BBC's iPlayer.

Specifically, respondents were asked whether they thought the e-HIT would be useful to senior managers considering, planning or undertaking an e-Health implementation, what would make the e-HIT more useful, what were the positive features of the e-HIT, and what features needed modifying.

The space needed modifying, Ms. Zilincar said, but she got the landlord to put up walls and take out doors, creating offices and a conference room.

Duh! Did anybody stop to think that maybe it was the device, not HTML, that needed modifying?

Clearly, it needs modifying.

But there are three reasons why this argument needs modifying.

Perhaps my mental image of a dry stone waller may need modifying.

It will also identify potential biochemical bottlenecks where enzymes might need modifying to speed things up.

Carey Davies's image of a dry stone waller most certainly needs modifying (Rugged men build rugged walls in rugged landscapes, Country Diary, 7 November).

Mr Putin prevaricated over the bill, saying that Russia would only sign it if it was in the national interest and suggesting it would need modifying.

The mantra needs modifying in Beckett's case: his preference was for expulsion rather than exile, and he repeatedly describes his writing as the evacuation of bodily waste.