Example sentences of "[noun sg] can only [be] understood [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The impact of this arrival of South Asian calico can only be understood in terms of those wider social changes already referred to . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The remarkable role he played in Russia 's development can only be understood in terms of his total immersion — intellectual , emotional , moral — in Marxism . |
| 5 | Health policy can only be understood within the context of the ideas and values which have shaped its development historically . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The federal pattern of democratic revolution and the Centralista tradition can only be understood in terms of this municipal patriotism . |
| 8 | A culture can only be understood from within . |
| 9 | Scale and measure can only be understood in context . |
| 10 | The relationship between Government and Parliament can only be understood against the background of the convention of ministerial responsibility . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |