It'll hardly require a man of your calibre to check up on that.

The crime, officials said, hardly required a sharp criminal mind, or much effort.

If you know so much, then you hardly require my presence on this stage!

It would hardly require any work at all.

"Gareth Bryne hardly requires enough of my time to interfere with that."

His physical powers were marvellous, and he required hardly any sleep.

The team hardly required a handout to entice it to come to Manhattan.

They took garbage, mostly, so stealing food was unusual, but it hardly required his per- sonal attention.

It hardly requires a literary theory to explain why many of these writers' stories have a common feel, he said.

"They hardly require your assistance in a matter such as this."