Sentence examples for virtually a requirement from inspiring English sources

In many locations in the United States, automobile ownership and use is virtually a requirement.

The topic has become such a ubiquitous feature of this year's advertising that it is virtually a requirement for candidates to have a prescription drug commercial.

DURHAM, N.H. — For decades, it has virtually been a requirement that elected state officials in New Hampshire take "The Pledge," a promise not to institute a broad-based income or sales tax.

Mr Brooks may sound supercilious and priggish, but he is a columnist for the New York Times; that is virtually a job requirement.

He should remember that he and the bartender have a business relationship, and for tapsters, amiability is virtually a job requirement: nobody likes (or tips) a dyspeptic bartender.

Ever since February, when Facebook filed its initial investment prospectus, the youthful C.E.O. has had to check with his own lawyers before saying virtually anything publicly — a requirement imposed as part of the S.E.C.'s pre-I.P.O.

The United States and Canada refused to agree to a requirement -- supported by virtually all the other countries -- that shipments of genetically altered commodities like corn or soybeans identify the specific variety.

The Bond Girl, a requirement for any 007 flick, virtually owns the category of celluloid sex object.

Similar local contexts may produce similar, even virtually identical, systems of emergency care, but this need not be a requirement for effective care.

With bipartisan support, the Legislature dropped virtually all restrictions on who could qualify for the $386 monthly payment, scrapping a requirement that the children be in financial need and dropping the minimum age of the grandparent to 50 from 55.

She said: "There is a requirement for two hours of PE per week, and virtually all primary schools meet that requirement within the curriculum, but not all secondary schools".