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deem it necessary
To determine that something is necessary. I didn't deem it necessary to give the boys detention because having their shirts untucked isn't a very serious infraction.
deem it to be necessary
To determine that something is necessary. I didn't deem it to be necessary to give the boys detention because having their shirts untucked isn't a very serious infraction.
deem that it is necessary
To determine that something is necessary. I deemed that it was it necessary to give the boys detention because they kept disrupting my class.
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deem it (to be) necessary
and deem that it is necessaryto decide that something is necessary. Mary deemed that it was necessary to leave town that night. Lisa deemed it necessary to go home.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.