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

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1 ‘ … and of all the jewels — the Diamond Waterfall — it must be seen to be believed … ’
2 The lead adviser must be seen to be controlling the progress of the transaction and therefore it is useful to appoint a chairman for each progress meeting which should be attended by the principals and the senior member of each professional team .
3 But even Rolls-Royce must be seen to be moving with the times .
4 Trainees who flunked the examination must be seen to be rebuked .
5 Such guarantees must not merely be provided for in constitutions but must be seen to be honoured ;
6 As we move on with God and seek his will for us as His church , we must be seen to be addressing the issues which face us today .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job .
12 However , he has joined the fire service , and is called out most nights , so he too must be said to be doing his bit .
13 Resource management must be demonstrated to be linked to a client orientation , hence the criticality of involving users in specifying care and quality parameters .
14 The three frigates must be allowed to be completed by Swan Hunter .
15 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 .
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