1.  Advances in medical science have eliminated the need for many patients to spend long periods of time in hospital.

2.  Dedicated to non-man entry sewer repair and maintenance, the Sika-Robot cuts costs by eliminating the need to excavate pipes.

3.  For instance, it has eliminated the need for external resistors, by using active pull-ups on inputs and input-output pins.

4.  If you book online, this eliminates the need for a ticket.

5.  It does not eliminate the need for saving.

6.  Some Tories fondly imagine that privatisation will eliminate the need to subsidise the railways.

7.  That eliminated the need for a new check.

8.  The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques.