Example sentences of "[det] can best [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state has a duty to protect its citizens from external enemies , and this can best be achieved by maximizing its power vis-a-vis other states . |
| 2 | This can best be seen in the demand made by princes who had subscribed to the treaty that those who lived in their lands should do the same . |
| 3 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 4 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 5 | Clearly these are still working groups , usually of type ( ii ) , with a manifesto , a periodical and exhibitions , but there has also been a change of some kind in their social relations , and this can best be understood by the second kind of analysis , of the proposed and actual relations with all those beyond the group . |
| 6 | This can best be understood by reverting to our previous example concerning a furnished tenancy . |
| 7 | This can best be done if you are an expert in descriptive geometry . |
| 8 | This can best be done by concentrating primarily , though not exclusively , on Germany , and on three broad lines which may be distinguished there . |
| 9 | This can best be done by means of a written memo . |
| 10 | This racist behaviour is rational , because such strategies of social closure are logically consistent with the aims of protecting white privilege , and this can best be done through organized forms of discrimination , rather than at the level of individual expressions of prejudice . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , we can not use such excuses for ourselves , and so let's get down to some hard facts ; facts which we think will give you an understanding of why you are overweight , and how this can best be tackled , in the short and long term . |
| 12 | This can best be described in a series of steps : |
| 13 | In looking at future development the service providers must address the geographic problems that can occur and also the duration of provision ( days , hours , weekends etc ) and consider whether these can best be met in a joint planning context . |
| 14 | It means helping counsellees to recognize their personal needs , and how these can best be fulfilled in their later years . |
| 15 | Considerable attention is paid to the linguistic knowledge and skills required of teachers , and the ways in which these can best be learnt . |
| 16 | Among these privileges should be education , rational amusement and social intercourse ; and these can best be supplied by local Clubs , with their various guilds , classes and societies . |
| 17 | Since that can best be done by bringing the war to a speedy end , he has begun a new round of diplomacy aimed at a ceasefire and peace negotiations . |
| 18 | I think that that can best be done through the constitutional conference rather than by remarks from across many hundreds of miles . |