Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [be] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could only be understood by those educated as courtiers . |
| 2 | Arguably just such a change took place in the early 1980s , and the pressures encouraging it could only be understood in the context of shifts in the wider political economy . |
| 3 | Fleischmann told him that they were seeing heat coming from their cell in amounts that could only be understood if nuclear fusion was happening . |
| 4 | He argued against the linear view and stated that the study of history could only be understood through an intuitive understanding of spiritual destiny , rather than the material cause and effect relationship of modern science . |
| 5 | This would be the case if texts could only be understood completely as long as they were accompanied by the single , correct title . |
| 6 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 7 | By dwelling on this complex chain of cause and effect , Gouldner indicated that the strike could only be understood against the background of changes in the employment relationship . |
| 8 | Thus in the Mediterranean basin the evolution of valleys ( Vita-Finzi , 1969 ) could only be understood by reference to human activity and , more biogeographically , the significance of cultural biogeography was exemplified by the work of Professor D.R. Harris , which was initially in the field of historical ecology but proceeded to embrace the domestication of plants and animals ( e.g. Harris , 1968 ) and which later led to greater contacts with archaeology and to his appointment as Professor of Archaeology in the University of London in 1979 . |
| 9 | Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ? |
| 10 | ‘ Catholic schools will only be understood when they are seen as part of the mission of the Church , ’ said Mr Helvin . |
| 11 | Experienced teachers ought to be able to deflect the naïve foundationalism that insists that literary works ‘ can only be understood ’ in such-and-such a cultural , social , or ideological context , by contextualizing the proponent 's own discourse . |
| 12 | A culture can only be understood from within . |
| 13 | This means that the relation of ideas and practical problems can only be understood as part of the process of history . |
| 14 | Indeed , here is a reminder that Christmas can only be understood in the light of later events , can only be discovered in all its wonderful freshness and life when we discover for ourselves that Jesus is the human face of God . |
| 15 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 16 | The answer is ‘ yes ’ : a recent article , drawing on Eusebius ' Life of Constantine , seems to show without doubt that it was Constantine who introduced this law : Eusebius describes measures implemented by Constantine which can only be understood as referring to this law . |
| 17 | That is why the new partnerships can only be understood in terms of the contemporary concepts of organisational mission and vision . |
| 18 | The Australian Aboriginal religion with its emphasis on mysteries and degrees of initiation , its doctrines of pre-existence ad reincarnation and its belief in psychic powers , belongs to the Orient , not the West , and can only be understood in the light of the Orient . ’ |
| 19 | Interpretation must always be a matter of matching up what is new to what is familiar : ideas can only be understood in reference to established categories of thought . |
| 20 | Carew Hunt , who was an authority at the Foreign Office on international communism and who wrote The Theory and Practice of Communism , argues that it can only be understood in religious terms . |
| 21 | The history of company legislation over the past century can only be understood if it is seen as an attempt to rectify the imbalance and injustice resulting from the creation of limited liability in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 22 | The effects of retirement can only be understood on an individual basis , its significance depending upon a personal interpretation of the value and importance of work , and what the individual wants and expects from the rest of his or her life . |
| 23 | The nature of the movement of goods can only be understood if it is seen in relation to the complex and changing framework of society . |
| 24 | Violent behaviour , in the most general sense , can only be understood in association with other behaviour within the same society . |
| 25 | Scale and measure can only be understood in context . |
| 26 | They can only be understood , and their truth can only be measured , by reference back to that awareness . |
| 27 | Showmanship was not just the accidental way in which British and American films were distributed , it was the essence of a whole phenomenon and the films of the English-language world can only be understood in this way . |
| 28 | The Indian presence in far flung outposts of the Empire , for example , from Malaysia to East Africa , can only be understood in this context , and it is important to note that a tradition of emigration from Jamaica had already developed in the nineteenth century , with 2,000 Jamaicans migrating to build railways in Panama , followed by well over 80,000 who went to work on the first attempt at constructing the Panama Canal in the 1880s . |
| 29 | It sometimes seems that individuals have a startling impact on this pattern which can only be understood by appealing to specific psychological traits . |
| 30 | It traps us and pins us down in time , urging us to agree with Kierkegaard , that if life can only be lived forwards , it can only be understood backwards . |