Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 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 .
32 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 .
33 But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job .
34 However , he has joined the fire service , and is called out most nights , so he too must be said to be doing his bit .
35 Resource management must be demonstrated to be linked to a client orientation , hence the criticality of involving users in specifying care and quality parameters .
36 The three frigates must be allowed to be completed by Swan Hunter .
37 One person on his own could not constitute a procession , but if a person were to march on his own , having publicised the fact widely in advance , it would seem that he might be said to be organising a procession if , Pied Piper like , he were to draw a crowd of supporters and followers .
38 ( Stimulus A of fig. 5.10 might be said to be enriched , if only a little , by virtue of its ability to evoke the image of X. ) The differentiation theory , in contrast , holds that ‘ percepts change over time by progressive elaboration of qualities , features and dimensions of variation ’ ( Gibson and Gibson 1955 , p. 34 ) , that is , by an elaboration of aspects of the stimulus that are present in it from the outset .
39 In that sense they might be seen to be moving in a different direction from the strongly centralist initiatives in connection with the national curriculum .
40 But Mr. Munby so treated them because , in his submission , section 8 conferred complete autonomy on such minors , thus enabling them effectively to refuse medical treatment irrespective of how parental responsibilities might be sought to be exercised .
41 He bethought himself guiltily of Sergeant Crane , who might be assumed to be waiting to continue the conversation that Francesca 's call had interrupted , and padded down the corridor .
42 A subject might be considered to be defined by :
43 Very ordinary people ( or at least ordinary men ) could afford to attend a performance of a Shakespeare play in the large Globe Theatre , and appear to have done so , and the same play might be requested to be performed at court .
44 From a different perspective such repeated defects of urban policy might be expected to be overcome through local community involvement , yet again the three contributions here demonstrate a complexity which belies naive aspirations .
45 We were interested to examine the adhesive properties of E coli which we had isolated in studies of the flora closely associated with the rectal mucosa , a flora in which the expression of adhesins and other adhesion associated characteristics might be expected to be favoured or prerequisite , and to compare our results with those reported for faecal isolates .
46 The contemporary barrow groups of such valley settlements might be expected to be sited on the hills , where they do indeed survive in large numbers .
47 The justifiability rule has yet to receive widespread judicial consideration in the context of education , but it might be expected to be applied more strictly .
48 " Now why is the Ingard group paying Osnafeld £300,000 when , if our other information is correct , Varsov , or Osnafeld on behalf of Varsov , might be expected to be paying Ingard And what does Varsov want with land on Foulness ?
49 Presumably , it must include the audience that might be expected to be subjected to the words or material , as well as the audience who were actually present .
50 This duty of care is owed to any person who might be contemplated to be injured by the act or omission of the manufacturer ( the " neighbour " test ) .
51 The dominating sadist might be thought to be compensating for a feeling of sexual or personal inadequacy .
52 It seems thought will be given to playing Tony Stanger in the centre to provide a bit more physique in defence and on that theme Michael Dods could be destined to be left out , not because he has played badly , but rather as a reflection that the powerhouse physiques are prone to get the better of him in escaping tackles .
53 The decentring of the author as the source and guarantee of his/her discourse , and the increasing preoccupation with the operation of intertextuality in the novel could be demonstrated to be reflected in the work of the nouveaux romanciers .
54 The visitors could be seen to be bewitched at the learning about the cathedral coming out of such callow lips .
55 These idealised sentences often turn out to be based , in fact , on the conventions of written language in the academic sub-culture and these linguists could be seen to be perpetuating , albeit in more sophisticated terms , the older , ideological conception of writing as the model for speech .
56 The pursuers were keeping up as best they could but held little hope of catching him , though at the first fence on the second circuit — the seventeenth in the race — Red Rum could be seen to be keeping on gamely .
57 Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home .
58 On timeliness alone Electronic Publishing ( EP ) could be seen to be established .
59 Although both could be said to be reacting against the ossification of Stalinism , the subjectivist and ultra-objectivist paths that they followed were antithetical .
60 The indigenous people avoid these fish during the tree 's fruiting season and , if other fish predators do the same , the tree could be said to be operating a Securicor system for its offspring .
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