Sentence examples for were needed to secure from inspiring English sources

Shortly after the war in Iraq began, Mr. McCain warned that more troops were needed to secure the country.

Carney sought to downplay expectations that he could single-handedly transform Britain's prospects, warning that central banks could only do so much and that healthy public finances and structural reform were needed to secure long-term growth.

Some experts say that given the Iraqis' concerns about sovereignty, and Iranian pressure, the politicians in Baghdad were simply not prepared to make the hard decisions that were needed to secure parliamentary approval.

Mr. Biden said he had repeatedly been told by American military commanders, "I have all the forces I need for my mission," but he asserted that such statements masked an underlying sentiment that more forces were needed to secure the country.

McGhee feels the changes to his side were needed to secure the 3-0 win that leaves the Terrors 13 points adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premiership.

Speaking to Egypt's government paper Al Ahram, a high-level intelligence source stated that "urgent measures were needed to secure Egypt's border with Libya.

Perhaps a fence is needed to secure Independence Square, but much greater security issues need to be addressed first.

A significant amount of computing resources are needed to secure business networks against hackers and potential security risks.

Unrelenting violence was needed to secure its surrender.

Foreign forces will be needed to secure the vote for a successor to the president, Hamid Karzai.

The army is needed to secure and control elections and Jonathan is lining his people up".