necessary evil

At best, I can only see her death as a necessary evil.

I used to think it was a necessary evil of living in the city.

But the time for that necessary evil was almost over.

As though they were a necessary evil, only to be used when there was no other choice.

But transit officials say the work is a necessary evil.

But let us not mistake that necessary evil for good.

The press gangs a necessary evil in time of war.

One official called dealing with his administration a necessary evil.

"It may be that you lack the necessary evil mind."

"Even my own members see me as a necessary evil.

"War may sometimes be a necessary evil," he later added.

Sustainability will be written large for us and not seen as a necessary evil.

With no money set aside in the good times, cuts would be a necessary evil.

He himself might have considered it a necessary evil, for the good of the Jihad.

This establishment is one part necessary evil, two parts life support system.

It was a necessary evil, the death of a character I'd grown to love over the years.

For many people, taxes are an unpleasant but necessary evil.

Fund-raising is a necessary evil, but there's nothing I can do about it.

The study suggests that sometimes loads are a necessary evil.

As for formal news conferences, they were a necessary evil.

Too many people suppose that it's a necessary evil - but they, like you, are only half right.

To them it is a burden, a necessary evil before the real season begins.

At the time, he referred to photography as a necessary evil.

For the middle classes, an opening of the border seems more a necessary evil.

She briefly taught a 16-year-old whose parents considered education a necessary evil.