Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] to be so " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw in the chapter dealing with rules , it is not enough for your punch to be an effective scoring technique ; it must be seen to be so , and this entails making its success obvious . |
| 2 | But they could be seen to be so " from below " as well as " from above " . |
| 3 | He therefore sought to prove both that the structures of history were necessarily dialectical and that the course of actual history could be shown to be so . |
| 4 | This ‘ may be known to be so by any man 's experience , that will but examine his own mind ’ . |
| 5 | It will not have to be either critical or challenging , although elsewhere in the world , among less fortunate nations , it may be found to be so . |
| 6 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 7 | I venture to think that both the dictum and the decision are wrong , and that , as soon as they come under review by the Court of Appeal , will be declared to be so . |
| 8 | That will be proved to be so because of the dogged , persistent and brilliant negotiating work by the Prime Minister , the Foreign Secretary and his two Ministers of State , especially my good friend the Member for Watford ( Mr. Garel-Jones ) . |