Double-digit inflation during the 1970s made two-earner, two-career families a virtual necessity for many".
But, his aides insist, he really does eat fast food — a virtual necessity of life on the campaign trail.
It has spotty mass transit, which makes owning a car a virtual necessity, and its gasoline prices are among the highest in the country.
But of the four maps predicting a Romney victory, all four have Mr. Romney winning Ohio, suggesting readers see it as a virtual necessity for him.
Although some people consider a boat a virtual necessity here, a small house and a well-worn canoe may lie next door to a mansion with a pier and a 60-foot yacht.
In some regions of the world where water supplies are inadequate because of recurring drought and rapidly expanding populations, the recycling and reuse of treated wastewater is a virtual necessity.
With its website largely fixed, the administration has been on a publicity drive to encourage people to sign up for insurance plans, a virtual necessity as the success of the reforms rest on a large number of uninsured younger, healthier people purchasing coverage for the first time.
The core idea is that a period of geographic isolation is a virtual necessity if new species are to arise.
Comparative analytical results reveal the virtual necessity of performing nonlinear time-history analyses, particularly when post-repair response features are required.
