Sentence examples for needed reinforcing from inspiring English sources

Civilian control of the military – which usually hovers between impotence and impudence – is an important principle that has needed reinforcing from time to time down the centuries.

"This storm should be a wake-up call," said Mr Prescott, arguing that infrastructure needed reinforcing and that building on flood plains should be discouraged.Despite Mr Prescott's words, there were no substantial changes to official policy on house-building.

It was one of the best investments in my future cultural capital I could have made: another of those threads I'd grabbed unwittingly, making a connection between the world I lived in and another world of which I was barely aware: the thinnest thread linking the two for now, which needed reinforcing.

The wheels need reinforcing.

But the foundations need reinforcing before those parts can be lifted to their original position.

"Managers should not take these decisions in the heat of the moment and that needs reinforcing".

Plainly, the peacekeepers need reinforcing fast, with the right sort of troops.

The education spokesman for the Conservatives, Damian Green said, "It looks as though the government's so-called commitment to lifelong learning needs reinforcing at the top".

Cook's batting lacks ego – or perhaps more accurately, his self-image doesn't need reinforcing with big shots and back-page headlines.

In that case the screen in front of the defence will need reinforcing, perhaps with a partnership of Denílson and Aaron Ramsey.

It was damaged by years of coal burning; some of the bricks need to be replaced, the foundations need reinforcing and there are doubts about the structural soundness of the four chimneys, which are 103 meters, or 338 feet, tall.