Example sentences of "best [det] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best that can be hoped is that the Senate and the House will agree on amendments to the law which will remove the gimmicks and inject more discipline into the process . |
| 2 | The best that can be said of his success on that occasion is that it postponed the period of uncertainty that a split in the party would bring . |
| 3 | Clearly , therefore , there is no way in which oxygen can be obtained without any water loss : the best that can be done is to minimize the loss . |
| 4 | The best that can be done , therefore , is to limit the supply of air to the minimum necessary to meet the requirements for oxygen . |
| 5 | This history of the Club 's competitions and trophies is rather fluid and imprecise , and the following list is the best that can be arrived at . |
| 6 | This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life . |
| 7 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 8 | There is no satisfactory treatment for herpes simplex infections and the best that can be offered is medication to ease the symptoms and possibly cut short an attack , and advice on how to cope with the problems that recurrent herpes brings . |
| 9 | The four ships represent the best that can be bought in a European shipyard . |
| 10 | According to Michael Tucker , members facilities at the event ‘ are some of the best that can be found anywhere and what is more the hospitality units not only provide superb views of the Yorkshire countryside , but brings the action to you while you wine and dine . ’ |
| 11 | The best that can be achieved then , assuming that the guarantee was given after 11 April 1978 , is a CGT loss claim of £10,000 under s 136(4) ( 11 ) , CGTA 1979 . |
| 12 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
| 13 | If ideology is the science of ideas , of broad metaphysical or abstract speculation , then the best that can be said here is that Odilon Redon pursued a private visionary agenda . |
| 14 | The best that can be hoped for , on their behalf , is that human beings are kindly disposed towards them . |
| 15 | The best that can be said about marriage laws is that some of the variation may be explained along the lines proposed here . |
| 16 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 17 | We need periodically to consider whether existing methods are the best that can be devised for dealing with crime in the context of society as it is at a given time . |
| 18 | Secondly , issues of social policy are peculiarly sensitive and dependent on domestic policy and prevailing social conditions , so that even within the European Community the best that can be hoped for is a set of minimum standards . |
| 19 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
| 20 | Is it the best that can be achieved , the nearest practicable approximation to the democratic principle ? |
| 21 | Apart , then , from those for whom the virtue of representative democracy is precisely that it restricts and restrains popular power , and even , as in Britain , involves the vesting of sovereignty in the representative institutions rather than in the people themselves the chief argument in defence of representative democracy has been an essentially pragmatic one : that it is the best that can be devised in the context of large societies where the citizens are too many and too scattered to be gathered together in one place . |
| 22 | This is the best that can be done to depopulate a matrix below its diagonal ; if one could remove infradiagonal elements as well , there would be no problem in finding eigenvalues and vectors of a matrix . |
| 23 | The best that can be achieved is 95 — 98 per cent packing if keys are small and no overflow is expected . |
| 24 | Mostly these are the best that can be managed in what is basically an inequitable relationship . |
| 25 | The best that can be said is that to appeal to such a wide diversity of patrons he clearly possessed some very rare talent indeed . |
| 26 | The best that can be done in trying to meet the air quality standards is to persuade each emitter to reduce emissions to meet some emission standard , which will ultimately be based on someone 's judgement of what is ‘ good practice ’ . |
| 27 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |
| 28 | Figure 6.3 is about the best that can be done with the lunar data at present . |
| 29 | The best that can be hoped for is that government intervention improves the social efficiency of resource allocation , rather than achieving optimality . |
| 30 | It enables good-quality managers and staff to test their services against the best that can be provided elsewhere . |