Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] best [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is best understood as a refugee . |
| 2 | He or she is best placed to give you legal advice , and to liaise with the other professional agencies involved . |
| 3 | Of the several awards she has won for her paintings , it is probably The National Portrait Award of 1987 for which she is best recognised . |
| 4 | She is best known for her rings with tall bezels towering above slender hoops . |
| 5 | She is best known for her probable authorship of the anonymous pamphlet An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex ( 1696 ) , frequently ascribed to Mary Astell [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | If this is not possible she is best removed . |
| 7 | The immediacy of the D-18 transfers wonderfully to strumming ; it 's big and it 's grand , but the brightness and the zinginess mean it 's best played with a modicum of right-arm restraint . |
| 8 | It 's best played with as few a people as possible — preferable by yourself . |
| 9 | However , I think it 's best done by changing the cast-on sequence . |
| 10 | It 's best done very quickly . |
| 11 | It 's best run full screen , as well , since running it in a window seems only to give you a partial view of the full-screen image , and no scroll bars appear to allow you to see what 's happening in the bits that are n't shown . |
| 12 | The way I see it now , it 's best treated as a problem for Immigration . |
| 13 | Ach , it 's best forgotten . |
| 14 | It 's best described as ‘ an adventure show with a difference ’ — an exciting test of mental and physical agility for those who take part , recorded on the largest set ever constructed for a TV programme . |
| 15 | I think it 's best described as wet and warm . |
| 16 | Maybe it 's best left in military hands until we have a generation of truly environmentally friendly humans . |
| 17 | It may need to be tailor-made , and therefore it 's best left to the experts . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's best left alone . |
| 19 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 20 | Morley refused to discuss the incident , saying : ‘ I do n't want to say anything — it 's best left alone . |
| 21 | Not surprisingly , they told us it 's best left to professional fund-raisers . |
| 22 | erm on balance it 's best left on and to just |
| 23 | They are the culminations of a whole life which , as Malcolm Johnson puts it , ‘ sculpted their present problems and concerns ’ ; a life itself built around many different ‘ life-threads ’ — education , work , marriage , children , hobbies , and so on — so that it is best understood , both in psychological and social terms , ‘ as a complex of strands running for different lengths of time throughout a life biography and moulding its individuality ’ . |
| 24 | The exemption is generally attributed to the seventeenth century writings of Sir Matthew Hale , and whilst this is in some measure correct , it is best understood in the context of the evolution of the law of rape as a whole . |
| 25 | It is best viewed from the north side , from where the four peaks dwarf the tiny Loch Hakel nestling at its feet and the three corries , home to wild deer , embrace the morning sunlight . |
| 26 | It is best viewed from the 2,300t concrete aqueduct built alongside in 1981 from where it is seen to have a dramatic Renaissance style with closely spaced fluted columns along either side and pediments in each of the four corners of the bridge . |
| 27 | Perhaps it is best viewed as a correlator . |
| 28 | A leafy retreat is an excellent goal for a small town garden , but it is best made acknowledging the urban setting , using un-wild plants such as bamboo , acanthus , fig , vine , alchemilla , euphorbia , wisteria . |
| 29 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 30 | Any opening of oneself psychically , particularly at ancient sites which have a long and largely unknown history , can be hazardous , and it is best undertaken with caution and proper attunement . |