| That's information given on a need-to-know basis, and the author is not one who needs to know. |
| In an ideal world, restricted information would be encrypted and available only on a need-to-know basis. |
| Her face sets like quick-drying cement and she imparts information strictly on a need-to-know basis. |
| Advertisers are reaching out to health-conscious consumers who turn to the Web on a need-to-know basis. |
| Leigh works strictly on a need-to-know basis, with actors knowing only what their characters do, no more. |
| The script metes out information on a strictly need-to-know basis, and yet by the end we still haven't been filled in completely. |
