After getting sick from drinking the water, they understood the necessity of boiling it first. From LearnThat.org.
Bat the term necessity here is, I think, too strong an one. From Wordnik.com. [Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A.] Reference
Some understand it of their charity to the saints in necessity, which is one branch and evidence of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
So, making (well, declaring) a virtue of what he called necessity, he imposed an aggressively progressive income tax increase. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Florio's Left Jab] Reference
We attribute this regularity of action to what we call the necessity of things, as determined by the nature of the atoms and the circumstances in which they are placed. From Wordnik.com. [Unconscious Memory] Reference
JEP -- Oh yes, necessity is the mother of invention. From Wordnik.com. [Big Wheels keep on turning | Homesick Texan] Reference
Its necessity is as obvious as the definition itself. From Wordnik.com. [A True Scientist] Reference
Because of log-in necessity, I can't add it to favorites. From Wordnik.com. [Found you!] Reference
DaveScot: Chance & necessity is a theory that explains it. From Wordnik.com. [Abusing Science] Reference
Think of what is sometimes called the necessity of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Religion] Reference
Hey, did I just claim that necessity is the mother of cognition?. From Wordnik.com. [Moral Intuition Poll] Reference
My grandad used to say that necessity is the mother of invention. From Wordnik.com. [The Importance Of Fit And Finish] Reference
The final note of necessity is to maintain a stable Currency. lgl. From Wordnik.com. [Politics and Academia, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
September 22nd, 2007 at 5: 12 pm necessity is the mother of unvention. From Wordnik.com. [World Largest Arch Bridge By Dubai In 2012] Reference
Culinarywannabe -- As they say, necessity is the mother of invention!. From Wordnik.com. [Making my own Mexican chorizo | Homesick Texan] Reference
There is only a long-term necessity: that we stop burning fossil fuels. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Iowan - Online Edition] Reference
To me Desperation fuels Imagination; necessity is the mother of invention. From Wordnik.com. [Do you wonder?] Reference
I never heard "necessity is the mother of invention", either in Latin America. From Wordnik.com. [NEED HELP ASAP how do u say ' strengh is my mother' in spanish] Reference
A thing which does something by physical necessity is not demonstrating foresight. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
I'm not saying I'm pleased about all of this; a virtue from necessity is never sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Tripp: What Happens After the Election?] Reference
But upon our unwilling hearts we bear the pressure of a certain necessity for judgment. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse on the Death of President Lincoln] Reference
For Brees, the biggest necessity is to improve on last season's minus-4 turnover margin. From Wordnik.com. [Saints enter '07 in strange position as contenders] Reference
A person who violates a law out of necessity is not subject to a penalty (Canon 1323.4). From Wordnik.com. [The validity of the original SSPX excommunications...] Reference
The other, unwitting of sordid necessity, is satisfied to wait till he has created public demand. From Wordnik.com. [Again the Literary Aspirant] Reference
Christmas scares the bejeebers outta me, spending money on a non-necessity is a big freaking deal. From Wordnik.com. [#Best09: Moment of Peace « Bodhicitta] Reference
The Israeli people doesn't like to make sacrifices based on long-term necessity or cold calculation. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The second necessity is a favorable and stable public policy and fiscal environment for the industry. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and its EnergyOpportunities Waiting to Happen] Reference
The immediate necessity is to call a truce, to stop the further buildup of nuclear weapons by either side. From Wordnik.com. [Alva Myrdal - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Iron necessity is a thing which has been found, in the course of history, to be neither iron nor necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Mr. Dell « BuzzMachine] Reference
Their position amounts to a declaration that only chemical necessity is detectable (even as it is undetected). From Wordnik.com. [Dawkins on the OOL] Reference
A great organization like this gets under way and almost of necessity is compelled to take one step after another. From Wordnik.com. [Guarding Our Heritage] Reference
You observe something 'complex' and not having a ready explanation in necessity or chance, you conclude 'purpose'. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
And dare anyone pretend that the same tug-of-war between private profit and public necessity is not still continuing?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion and the Unicorn] Reference
You see, every comedian's goal/wish/dream/necessity is to come up with “a fresh fifteen” every three months or so. From Wordnik.com. [“The Mick”] Reference
We don't know whether "chemical necessity" is actually required, but for whatever reason, nothing else is being studied. From Wordnik.com. [A Sociological Phenomenon] Reference
There was surely nothing, except perhaps the word necessity, that was objectionable in the proposition as it first stood. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the English Poets]
Clearscapes succeeds because for a substantial portion of its practice has been based on what some call a necessity of life: art. From Wordnik.com. [J. Michael Welton: Clearscapes and the Power of Art] Reference
It would seem that the American public, by necessity, is moving beyond ‘right or left’ to embrace what is ‘right or wrong.’. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » O’Reilly: There’s ‘No Evidence’ Obama Is A Socialist But He Does Believe In ‘Tyranny And Socialism’] Reference
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