Example sentences of "best [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A military commander should order his troops in the way best calculated to achieve victory at a minimal cost . |
| 2 | It stated that , ‘ The course adopted , prompted by a desire for expedition , can scarcely be considered the best calculated to obtain a grand whole ’ . |
| 3 | This can be best calculated by reference to accurate time-cost information . |
| 4 | From the thirteenth century European lapidaries conducted active experiments in cleaving diamond crystals and in learning how to shape them in ways best calculated to admit and reflect the maximum light ( fig. 28 ) . |
| 5 | He knows exactly how to present himself in the light best calculated to deceive . |
| 6 | In such circumstances LCH may take certain steps that appear to be best calculated to discharge the member 's rights and liabilities under registered contracts and , upon such discharge , to certify two net sums : one the amount of the member 's net resulting liability or entitlement in respect of client account contracts ; and the other the amount of his net resulting liability or entitlement in respect of other registered contracts . |
| 7 | There not offices best calculated to enable us to perform effectively . |
| 8 | All biennials are best placed in their final quarters by the end of the month , and firm planting is extremely important . |
| 9 | Sir Anthony is a disenchanted maverick of a wet and is not best placed to present a fair test of backbench opinion . |
| 10 | Sir Anthony is a disenchanted maverick of a wet and is not best placed to present a fair test of backbench opinion . |
| 11 | What equity investment there is will be best placed in the regular savings schemes offered by unit trust and investment trust schemes with higher rate tax payers using the tax shelter of PEPs . |
| 12 | True Blue ( Western Australia ) and Sagacious ( Australia ) were best placed among the one-tonners along with Eddie Warden Owen and Canon Express . |
| 13 | We believe that Labour is best placed to develop that unity by bringing Catholics and Protestants together in the struggle against the Tories . |
| 14 | With five days to polling day , Tory strategists hope to focus the debate on which party is best placed to create a sustainable economic recovery . |
| 15 | Severiano Ballesteros was best placed , though even he was eight strokes behind the tournament leader , Chip Beck . |
| 16 | The breeder is best placed to advise you . |
| 17 | We believe the key to customer satisfaction is to provide speedy access to those best placed to resolve issues quickly and efficiently . |
| 18 | In the light of later events , it is possible to doubt Scott 's altruism in taking the initiative in this case ; clearly after the change of government with Manners ' well-known enthusiasm for the Middle Ages , the chances were that a Gothic design would be acceptable , and Scott was the best placed of the Gothic competitors , although of course he was completely unaware of the ultimately crucial placings awarded to him by the assessors . |
| 19 | Flexibility of approach is important to survival and the practice which has adopted a ‘ managed ’ structure will be best placed to appreciate the changing environment , adapt to it as necessary and implement the changes within the practice . |
| 20 | ‘ In most cases the auditor is best placed to conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation and need not be torn between his duties to two masters , ’ he adds . |
| 21 | For example , a child who is sociable , and is likely to benefit from social and linguistic interactions with other children , may be best placed in an ordinary classroom but with special periods devoted to those areas of language which are giving cause for concern . |
| 22 | Savage Orc Shamans are best placed with units of Savage Orcs where their protective tattoos will be enhanced . |
| 23 | The investment record for the period is best placed within an international context . |
| 24 | In their eagerness to give the government a ‘ bloody nose ’ , opposition voters supposedly flocked to the candidate best placed to defeat the incumbent Conservative . |
| 25 | Hardware is visible and sexy , so all the excitement in the parallel processing world is generated by manufacturers , but it will be the companies that crack the problems of writing new applications and adapting existing ones to exploit the technology that will be best placed to make their fortunes out of the technology . |
| 26 | Hewlett-Packard currently looks by far the best placed of the biggest manufacturers to come out as the winner in the 1990s — but then three or four years ago , that was being said about DEC . |
| 27 | The CADS men 's epeeists were best placed team of the competition . |
| 28 | Those best placed to influence government policy were also most dependent on state patronage to further their military and civil careers , while the police and tax functions delegated to serf-owners made the whole class in one sense a part of the machinery of government . |
| 29 | It argued that there was a long history of use of such powers ; that , with the widening of the sphere of government , the use of delegated legislative powers was necessary for the efficient conduct of business in the modern state ; that the civil service was best placed to provide the expertise which was necessary to make effective use of these powers ; and that the way in which the powers were actually used in practice was such as to refute any claim of a ‘ new despotism ’ . |
| 30 | It was symptomatic that when the judges were excluded from membership of the area consultative committees in the formative stages by a ruling by Lane , that it was the Circuit or courts administrators from the Lord Chancellor 's Department who were identified as being best placed to act as chairmen , rather than Home Office officials who were unable to draw on any existing regional organization . |