Example sentences of "to be see [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 2 | Some of Ferguson 's tries had to be seen to be believed . |
| 3 | The international community , which has expressed overwhelming support for President Barco 's offensive , is under pressure to be seen to be doing something to help , and quickly . |
| 4 | Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He also knew that if Clasper was to be toppled from his influential position as plant convener — which was essential to the long term recovery of the plant — he would have to be seen to be toppled by his own members , acting in their own interests . |
| 7 | It is also considered indecent for couples to be seen to be intimate in public because sex should be a private affair , only between man and wife . |
| 8 | In Opposition , of course , you have to criticise harder but that criticism has to be seen to be reasonable if you are to succeed . |
| 9 | Chirac had to be seen to be making concessions to his defeated rival Le Barre in order to get Le Barre 's support for the run-off against Mitterand . |
| 10 | For North , however , to be seen among the local people , to be seen to be doing good generally , even if vaguely , was an essential ingredient in a just war . |
| 11 | He wanted the contras to be seen to be dying for their cause , emphasizing both how desperate it was , and how just . |
| 12 | The fate of seven ‘ Amcits ’ , a Frenchman and two ‘ Brits ’ was not compelling enough to be seen to be driving policy ; something much more portentous was needed . |
| 13 | It has to be seen to be more socially responsible , to make people feel more comfortable about owning a Rolls . ’ |
| 14 | Kenyon seems , at this early stage , to wish to be seen to be treading very warily . |
| 15 | Four of the relieving kicks he launched in this match had to be seen to be believed , particularly as he varied his kicking foot . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The school does need to be seen to be taking a sensible and fairly consistent line or doubts will be raised about the strength of school management and accusations of double standards will fly . |
| 18 | The narrating self not only sees , but wants to be seen to be seeing : the registration of detail , also praised by Calvino , and the reproduction of objects , gestures and expressions are conscripted into a form of obsessive and narcissistic display on the part of the observer . |
| 19 | Leicester Square on a Sunday night has to be seen to be believed , and half the police are queer too ! ’ |
| 20 | Norber 's giant mushrooms have to be seen to be believed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This was partly as a result of inherited policies , but was also because of the council 's desire ‘ to be seen to be doing something ’ to support its traditional political base of the skilled manual working class . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | ‘ It does not like to be seen to be auctioning things off , ’ says Alan Gray , an analyst with Glasgow stockbrokers Campbell Neill . |
| 26 | The basic success of the policy however has tended to draw into its influence many who initially chose not to participate , since it would obviously be professionally unsound to be seen to be consciously not taking part . |
| 27 | In plain English it is more important , in an administrative context , to be seen to be doing something about a politically generated agenda of problems than it is to examine critically the agenda itself . |
| 28 | 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 ! ’ |
| 29 | The square tango had to be seen to be believed — eat your hearts out , disco dancers ! |
| 30 | They had to be seen to be doing something positive , something caring . |