Example sentences of "must [be] [verb] to [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … and of all the jewels — the Diamond Waterfall — it must be seen to be believed … ’ |
| 2 | Trainees who flunked the examination must be seen to be rebuked . |
| 3 | Such guarantees must not merely be provided for in constitutions but must be seen to be honoured ; |
| 4 | The condition of a book must be seen to be realised , and condition more than anything else nowadays dictates value and will continue to dictate it . |
| 5 | Mr Andrew Cammish , representing Shaun Williams , had told them : ‘ Justice must be seen to be done as well as be done and it is my duty to bring any particular irregularity to the court 's attention . |
| 6 | Justice must be seen to be done , however , and when it had been seen to be done , the miscreants were cheered by a crowd assembled outside the court . |
| 7 | Strategic development plans are best managed as portfolios , that is , during the development period early successes must be seen to be delivered , thus ensuring a continuous flow of systems products to maintain interest and commitment to the system from all users . |
| 8 | Resource management must be demonstrated to be linked to a client orientation , hence the criticality of involving users in specifying care and quality parameters . |
| 9 | The three frigates must be allowed to be completed by Swan Hunter . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , unless we are to fall back on the unsatisfactory practice of listing verbs which do support the construction and those which do not , some other factor must be waiting to be discovered , which will help to explain why ( 56 ) and ( 67 ) seem outright ungrammatical , and yet we can have either of ( 68 ) and ( 69 ) : ( 68 ) Tania left despondently ( 69 ) Tania left despondent To conclude , we may point out that there will clearly be a close connexion , under certain choices of lexical items , between the surface construction ( 44 ) and ordinary predicative position . |