Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] to be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The uproar in the middle of the night when Bernard Murphy rolled home fighting drunk from the seamen 's club had to be heard to be credited .
2 The noise fifteen excited youngsters make has to be heard to be believed .
3 My dear mother 's optimism had to be heard to be believed .
4 The Bavarian folk material , upon which some of the music is based , is clearly in his blood , and the energy generated in the second section of the Cantata , where these dances abound , has to be heard to be believed .
5 More experienced Faust lovers will take ‘ Seventy One Minutes Of ’ in their stride , a more fragmented and dissected side of the band 's genius that has to be heard to be believed .
6 The emphatic denigration contained in this locational insult had to be heard to be understood , and in many ways it paralleled the dismissive tone used to deride the ‘ civvy ’ , for nuances of speech and tone have immense meaning to insiders .
7 As it was too large to be put on a lorry to be moved from site to site it had to travel on roads under its own power and was held to be intended to be used on roads .
8 ( 4 ) Standstill agreements ( see para 1.2 above ) may cause the parties to them to be presumed to be acting in concert and the Panel should be consulted in cases of doubt .
9 By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales .
10 The fact that Guatemala in 1954 had ‘ returned from Communism ’ ( and was regarded by the United States as the first country to do so ) increased Soviet reluctance to be perceived to be experiencing another ‘ loss ’ in the area ( even though they did not accept that Castro was embarking on a road towards Communism ) .
11 Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent .
12 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 .
13 It does neither any harm to be seen to be trying to influence the other .
14 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 .
15 Some of Ferguson 's tries had to be seen to be believed .
16 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 .
17 Four of the relieving kicks he launched in this match had to be seen to be believed , particularly as he varied his kicking foot .
18 Leicester Square on a Sunday night has to be seen to be believed , and half the police are queer too ! ’
19 Norber 's giant mushrooms have to be seen to be believed .
20 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 .
21 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
22 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 ! ’
23 The square tango had to be seen to be believed — eat your hearts out , disco dancers !
24 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 .
25 The beds had to be seen to be believed .
26 ‘ It had to be seen to be believed , ’ she said .
27 OSHKOSH 92 had to be seen to be believed , it was everything that any aviation enthusiast could ever hope for , a unique mix of every form of aviation on this planet , from a USAF KC–135 that performed fly-bys to the Experimental Aircraft Association 's Ryan NYP monoplane Spirit of St Louis replica , from a privately owned NDN–1T Firecracker N2157C ( owned by Richard Slaney from Eugene , Oregon ) to a 1935 built Waco YMF–5 C–GIBF , and from the latest homebuild designs to a staggering collection of warbirds .
28 More than useful at manipulating the seam , dazzling in the field — the pirouette and throw that cut down David Smith at Southend had to be seen to be believed — Mark 's elegant bat could prove as distressing for the patriot next summer as it has been enchanting for the connoisseur this .
29 Ian Osborne is the master of time — the way he sprints for the door at 5.30pm has to be seen to be believed !
30 No amount of waffle or screenshots could do this demo justice — it really does have to be seen to be believed .
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