Example sentences of "[noun] can only [be] understood [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The impact of this arrival of South Asian calico can only be understood in terms of those wider social changes already referred to . |
| 4 | As Graff argues , literacy can only be understood in context : ‘ it can be established neither arbitrarily nor uniformly for all members of the population ’ ( 1979 , p. 292 ) . |
| 5 | This means that the relation of ideas and practical problems can only be understood as part of the process of history . |
| 6 | The remarkable role he played in Russia 's development can only be understood in terms of his total immersion — intellectual , emotional , moral — in Marxism . |
| 7 | Health policy can only be understood within the context of the ideas and values which have shaped its development historically . |
| 8 | Rex and Tomlinson ( 1979 ) are clear that the position of ethnic minorities and the conflicts that surround race and ethnicity in Britain can only be understood in the light of Britain 's imperial past and the recent collapse of empire ; ‘ a serious sociological analysis of race relations problems must rest upon a concept of the social structure of Empire and of the class formations which occur within it ’ ( p. 286 ) . |
| 9 | Pizzorno argues that the modern underdevelopment of the south of Italy can only be understood in terms of the historical relationship of area to the locations of power and productivity by which it has been dominated and to which it has been marginal . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That is why the new partnerships can only be understood in terms of the contemporary concepts of organisational mission and vision . |
| 12 | They show that the sites of Shoreham , Seaford , Pevensey , Hastings , Rye and Winchelsea can only be understood in the context of considerable , and in some cases drastic , coastal changes in the last 1000 years . |
| 13 | The federal pattern of democratic revolution and the Centralista tradition can only be understood in terms of this municipal patriotism . |
| 14 | A culture can only be understood from within . |
| 15 | The main contention which the authors intend to examine is that the role of such personnel can only be understood in dynamic context . |
| 16 | Scale and measure can only be understood in context . |
| 17 | The relationship between Government and Parliament can only be understood against the background of the convention of ministerial responsibility . |
| 18 | Such Marxists are arguing that whatever people may believe subjectively about their own freedom to make choices which will shape their society , the true locus of change can only be understood in terms of the objective laws of motion and requirements of the capitalist mode of production . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Social theories thus argue that freedom requires an understanding of the self and our self-understanding or identity can only be understood in relation to the practices of our society . |