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Discover LudwigThe phrase "needs amending" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express that something requires adjustment or revision. For example, "This law needs amending in order to reflect the changing social landscape."
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Much in the union needs amending.
Having argued along these lines myself a couple of weeks ago, I wouldn't dismiss the argument, but it needs amending.
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The government's bill needs amending in all these areas," said Abbott, who has sharpened Labour's approach to the bill since the party abstained on its Commons second reading.
The court unanimously dismissed Martin's request that the director of public prosecutions should be ordered to rewrite guidelines on whether those accompanying patients to a suicide clinic overseas should be prosecuted, but anticipated that the director of public prosecutions (DPP) will be able to consider whether the policy needs amending.
In addition, the Waste Disposal and Public Cleaning Law needs amending so that industries can effectively use municipal solid waste in their manufacturing.
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The Labour peers' vote also contrasted with a sharp attack on the investigatory powers bill by the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, who described it as "draconian" and said the ruling demonstrated why it needed amending.
An intimidating and utterly useless search engine follows, returning no entries for Ms Jowell until I realise the default search terms fed to me by that handy link need amending.
These laws would need amending so they apply to the navigational systems of self-driving cars.
(The fact that California's criminal revenge-porn law was lacking such an obvious inclusion and needed amending only a year into its existence is indicative of how quickly nonconsensual porn is outpacing attempts to legislate).
Whilst this reflects the body of UK research that May synthesised, it may need amending for use in the context of an Indigenous culture struggling with a lack of culturally sensitive healthcare.
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