Example sentences of "best [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have already seen , if speech is to be recorded clearly it is best picked up by an extension microphone positioned close to the speaker . |
| 2 | Examination and determination : The government should acknowledge that the handling of asylum applications is best carried out by qualified interviewers with knowledge of conditions in the applicants ' country . |
| 3 | While it is true that different assessment procedures usually focus on one or other of these different aspects of language , this is a reflection on the recent history of psycholinguistic research and ought not be taken to imply that assessment is best carried out by focusing on discrete areas . |
| 4 | They are not suitable instruments for exploratory research , which is best carried out by in-depth investigation of a small number of speakers . |
| 5 | The analysis of the RPD is best carried out by computer since it involves tracing every possible path through the network and calculating the cumulative probability for each path . |
| 6 | The initial research is generally a one-man job ; the production is often best carried out by an established firm . |
| 7 | The analysis of the RPD is best carried out by computer since it involves tracing every possible path through the network and calculating the cumulative probability for each path . |
| 8 | Best bought in by the load , it becomes expensive when stacked , composted , mixed with a little poultry , bagged up and given a fancy proprietary name . |
| 9 | Often , nowadays , he did n't have to do it ; relatives might live in different parts of the country , and usually they were best called on by a uniformed man . |
| 10 | Perhaps the point can be best brought out by considering first authority as it functions in one , not untypical , context . |
| 11 | This is best brought out by Gordon 's analysis of the reasonable man as a test and the reasonable man as a standard . |
| 12 | Xenophon 's teachings are best summed up by the following statements : |
| 13 | The high regard with which the instructor force was held was best summed up by the comment that , ‘ Instructors are good professionals but not so sophisticated as to bemuse the trainees ’ . |
| 14 | It is , I believe , a quality that will mark out the English landscape to any objective observer as the most deeply satisfying in the world , and this quality is probably best summed up by the term ‘ greatness ’ . |
| 15 | The feelings of the copyright libraries when they hear these words is best summed up by Bodley 's Librarian himself : |
| 16 | The situation in 1932 was best summed up by the exhibitor Ed Kuykendahl who suggested to his colleagues that , ‘ under the stress of present conditions , all of us are floundering around trying frantically to create a little business ’ . |
| 17 | The popular critical response was probably best summed up by Robert Wagner , who gave his readers fair warning : |
| 18 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 19 | It was perhaps best summed up by Sir Donald Somervell , the Attorney-General , who was closely yet not responsibly involved throughout , and who was therefore an informed and detached witness : |
| 20 | Perhaps the changes to Illustrator are best summed up by stating that the program has simultaneously made itself more accessible to the average user and significantly more useful to the professional . |
| 21 | His more general position is perhaps best summed up by an extract from the speech he made at 3.10 in the morning of 20 May 1992 during the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 22 | Perhaps the dilemmas of making such a film were best summed up by William Johnson in Film Quarterly . |
| 23 | Best summed up by secretary , Jim Crewe ACIB : ‘ The day started fairly easily with our having to negotiate a minefield and then climb a greasy pole — everyday activities for today 's modern banker ! |