Example sentences of "only be [vb pp] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ley can really only be said to be confirmed if it has been walked for most of its length . |
| 2 | A Scottish Office spokesman said : ‘ Justice must not only be seen to be done — but heard to be done . ’ |
| 3 | Put that the other way round : a China that flunked this test would not only be seen to be throwing in its lot with Asia 's rogue regimes . |
| 4 | The model predicts that vulnerability factors can only be expected to be revealed amongst women experiencing major difficulties or who have recently experienced a severe event . |
| 5 | They can only be taken to be creating expectations of faithfulness . |