Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be see [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | The school does need to be seen to be taking a sensible and fairly consistent line or doubts will be raised about the strength of school management and accusations of double standards will fly . |
2 | The avalanche of red tape surrounding events such as this ( the entire population of New Delhi appears to be employed handing out forms to fill in ) has to be seen to be believed , and it is by no means certain that , come 1 November , there will be any paper left to provide the winners with their cheque . |
3 | In Opposition , of course , you have to criticise harder but that criticism has to be seen to be reasonable if you are to succeed . |
4 | It has to be seen to be more socially responsible , to make people feel more comfortable about owning a Rolls . ’ |
5 | Leicester Square on a Sunday night has to be seen to be believed , and half the police are queer too ! ’ |
6 | It is not unknown for barbel to pull a rod into the water with a speed and viciousness that has to be seen to be believed , even when the angler has only glanced away from his rod for a few seconds . |
7 | To be sure that a patient is truly regaining their health , it is of no value just to know that the symptoms of his complaint have been relieved , rather the focus of his disease has to be seen to be shifting into less important areas , that is , moving down the hierarchy . |
8 | Fully restored rooms include the office of the Clerk of the Course , a '30s billiard room and the all-pink Barbara Cartland Room , which has to be seen to be believed … |
9 | The silky-smooth animation has to be seen to be believed — each stroke is executed without a hint of jerkiness , and they 're so realistic you 'll think you 're watching Wimbledon ! ’ |
10 | One could argue that since the Institute has to be seen to be acting in the public interest , complete openness along these lines is the only alternative . |
11 | This has to be seen to be appreciated , engines can be viewed from several angles , compared with one another , or taken in in one awe-inspiring vista . |
12 | Ian Osborne is the master of time — the way he sprints for the door at 5.30pm has to be seen to be believed ! |
13 | As with the ‘ Shotton ’ , the excellence of the vehicles restoration has to be seen to be fully appreciated . |
14 | Look and Cook has to be seen to be believed . |
15 | It was one of these abrupt lines drawn on the surface of the ocean that has to be seen to be believed . |
16 | On arrival home they find their house has been destroyed by fire ( how writer David Renwick manages to get a laugh out of this has to be seen to be believed ) and they then have to do battle with the insurance company . |
17 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
18 | The narrating self not only sees , but wants to be seen to be seeing : the registration of detail , also praised by Calvino , and the reproduction of objects , gestures and expressions are conscripted into a form of obsessive and narcissistic display on the part of the observer . |
19 | Everyone in the business wants to be seen to be there , but the places are limited . |
20 | Too frightened to speak , the man nodded vigorously , as did his men , and they walked off stiffly , none wanting to be seen to be more afraid than the others . |
21 | It was an amazing thing really when I when I look back and think about the decoration side of it because , those fireplaces were had to be seen to be believed because they were , if the wind was in the wrong , you we , the room was full of smoke . |
22 | ‘ It does not like to be seen to be auctioning things off , ’ says Alan Gray , an analyst with Glasgow stockbrokers Campbell Neill . |
23 | Kenyon seems , at this early stage , to wish to be seen to be treading very warily . |
24 | Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February . |
25 | He also knew that if Clasper was to be toppled from his influential position as plant convener — which was essential to the long term recovery of the plant — he would have to be seen to be toppled by his own members , acting in their own interests . |
26 | Not only will the service need to reach the highly professional standards achieved by British television , it will also have to be seen to be editorially independent . |
27 | The quality of our lodges is so superb , they really do have to be seen to be appreciated . |
28 | No amount of waffle or screenshots could do this demo justice — it really does have to be seen to be believed . |
29 | For some tastes these measures , and particularly the last , might seem to be simplistic responses to public outrage — based on the old principle of having to be seen to be doing something , anything in a crisis . |
30 | One does n't want to be seen to be covering anything up . |