1.   Because they are such big consumers of water, trees can suck needed moisture from nearby plants.

2.   But more than the much-needed moisture, the nuns brought to the community a sense of heightened spirituality, many people said.

3.   Despite the suffering it has brought, the snowfall will provide much-needed moisture.

4.   Experts predict little relief between now and at least July, when the monsoon could bring badly needed moisture.

5.   For all of its bluster, though, Bret may have brought some much-needed moisture to the area.

6.   Late-summer hurricanes Fran and Bertha actually helped the North Carolina tobacco harvest three years ago when they provided much needed moisture.

7.   Meanwhile, wet weather that began this week will continue over the weekend, helping the corn crop through its critical pollination phase and providing needed moisture to soybeans.

8.   Rains in central Brazilian states such as Mato Grosso, the third-biggest soybean producing state, are providing needed moisture, though they are also slowing planting.

9.   The much-needed moisture allayed concern that spring wheat crop, to be harvested this fall, would suffer damage.

10.   This summer, till the soil several times to expose and dry it, depriving the nematodes of needed moisture.