Example sentences of "have [prep] be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt Cardiff feel that they have to be seen to be doing something to restore both their fortunes and their credibility and that the something should be suitably dramatic . |
| 2 | Norber 's giant mushrooms have to be seen to be believed . |
| 3 | The images were too much of a jumble because new houses on the Gulf are a fantasy that have to be seen to be believed . |
| 4 | The Government and the forces of law and order have to be seen to be concerned and to be effective . |
| 5 | The Government and the forces of law and order have to be seen to be concerned and to be effective . |
| 6 | Public services have become more marketing orientated and have to be seen to be more accountable to their ‘ publics ’ ( e.g. the police service which is now more public relations conscious than in the past ) . |
| 7 | Thus , local authority departments have to be seen to be spending money wisely as they are more publicly accountable . |
| 8 | But do n't let anyone get away with telling you that IBM 's problems are all the fault of the world economy : if Hewlett-Packard Co can grow at 20% in the current climate , if ICL Plc can remain in the black , if that former corporate basket case Unisys Corp , which compared with IBM started out under its present management with no advantages at all , can return to profit , IBM 's woes have to be acknowledged to be primarily the fault of the company itself , and only exacerbated by the economy . |
| 9 | The catty among her sisters ( and the hatreds that rive the small band of women MPs have to be experienced to be believed ) called her Angela Brazil , but that did not stop her being the most popular girl in the school . |