Example sentences of "can best [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different methods of communicating the USP of different types of product are termed communication strata ; a product with a simple USP can be communicated through a low communication stratum , whereas a product with a complex USP can best be communicated through a high communication stratum . |
| 2 | The peasant economy , which is affected by these processes , can best be defined in Stavenhagen 's words : |
| 3 | ‘ Cleaving can best be defined as being welded together . ’ |
| 4 | Cleaving can best be defined as being welded together . |
| 5 | postmodernism can best be defined as European culture 's awareness that it is no longer the unquestioned and dominant centre of the world . |
| 6 | Regalism can best be defined as Erastianism and it represented little more than the modernization and systematization of the traditional claim of the crown to control what it considered the temporal aspects of church government . |
| 7 | But while its range of activities and interests was broad , its cultural identity can best be defined in a particular cultural form , which was in effect a new kind of novel . |
| 8 | It can best be expressed by reference to Walker 's ( 1984:6 ) definition of ‘ structural incrementalism ’ which : |
| 9 | Thus a person 's wealth or a company 's assets can best be expressed in money terms . |
| 10 | Settlements can best be examined by considering personal injury claims , in which they play a major role , and which have been the subject of research and critical assessment . |
| 11 | Values in social policies can best be grasped through a consideration of models of welfare . |
| 12 | ‘ But we believe a secure future can best be achieved by continuing to take full advantage of the collective marketing strength of producers , whether acting voluntarily or through the current statutory scheme , ’ he said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The efficient co-ordination of our information policies can best be achieved by maintaining a small strategic planning group to make recommendations to Management . |
| 15 | The answer to this question can best be given by example . |
| 16 | Dorothea 's confidence that the gulf can best be bridged by the building of cottages , although again somewhat anachronistic , is not eccentric . |
| 17 | Strategies can best be categorised under the headings of the so-called ‘ three E's ’ or engineering , education and enforcement . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Dawyck Gardens could be an expensive taxi journey from Peebles as they are not on the back road to Innerleithen ; the Southern Upland Way is 212 miles long , not 202 ; Dunslair Heights can best be reached from Lee Pen by sticking to the ridge and taking a firebreak from the south ; and the suggested route from Byrness to Chew Green along Harden Edge saves no distance over the normal route outside the fence , while taking the walker one kilometre inside the MOD warning signs . |
| 20 | It means helping counsellees to recognize their personal needs , and how these can best be fulfilled in their later years . |
| 21 | This role can best be fulfilled by the board if the majority of directors are independent of the executive over whom they exercise a supervisory , checking function . |
| 22 | So we shall aim to work through definitions towards a richer appreciation of what literary style is and how it can best be analysed . |
| 23 | From Deleuze and Guattari , Lecercle picks up the idea of the potential violence of the institution of language which , as they point out , is not so much a neutral entity that can best be analysed by looking at " normal " ( i.e. declarative ) sentences as a series of other people 's slogans organised into a system of power-relations . |
| 24 | Despite these findings key questions remain concerning the prediction of successful mothering after postpartum psychiatric disorder , and there is little evidence on how maternal competence can best be assessed . |
| 25 | … My face , during this time , can best be imagined as a study in strain . |
| 26 | This relationship can best be explained with reference to Fig. 4.10 : the shape and position of the curve are determined by the following factors : |
| 27 | Reagan was supported by an exceptionally talented staff in his first term and it might be said that his legislative triumphs can best be explained by the quality of the team around him . |
| 28 | University officers will be pleased to advise anyone considering this possibility on how such bequests can best be arranged in a way which will be of greatest benefit to present and future students . |
| 29 | Instead the AEC can best be understood as an example of a non-punitive paradigm of probation practice . |
| 30 | Essentially they want something to happen , and their street activity can best be understood as an attempt to maximize the chances of something interesting happening . |