Sentence examples for was patently needed from inspiring English sources

Yet the non-cooperation of just one department in Whitehall prevented the government from doing what was patently needed.

Such help could probably be supplied, at a pinch, by the alliance's European members, but not attack-helicopters to enforce the no-fly zone over Darfur which is also patently needed.

This was patently absurd.

This was patently false.

But it was patently ridiculous.

"The application was patently absurd.

The received wisdom was patently wrong.

It was patently offensive".

The claim was patently absurd.

"That any woman procuring an abortion is potentially facing a prison sentence of life under legislation dating from 1861 is patently something that needs looking at carefully," she said.

Two, the methods we use are patently outdated; we need to leverage the available technology we have access to a little bit better.