But in all fairness, that statement needs a bit of explanation.

The statements need to be supported by documentation or other evidence.

Still, this person added, the financial statements need to be filed quickly as a practical matter.

At the same time, those big sanguine statements needed to be made.

The Commission's statement needs to be evaluated against this background.

Because at least one of the guards must be true, the empty statement "skip" is often needed.

The 1993 statement needs to be expanded upon, not whittled down.

His hard, dry statement needs some little editing to soften it into the terms of real life.

"I think that statement needs elucidating," he said at last.

The last statement needs to be corrected as well.