Example sentences of "best [det] [modal v] be [verb] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is . |
| 5 | The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is . |
| 6 | The best that can be achieved is 95 — 98 per cent packing if keys are small and no overflow is expected . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His attempts failed , and he came to the conclusion that the best that could be achieved was to specify , so far as one could , which observation statements were implied by which non-observation statements ( see the preface to Carnap , 1967 , and Quine , 1969 , p. 77 ) . |
| 11 | It is not very easy to arrange ventilation schemes when the designer has forgotten to do so and often the best that could be done was to arrange to leave the inspection doors open when on the ground . |
| 12 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 13 | The best that could be done was to influence its shape in a way that gave the greatest help to the home market . |
| 14 | The best that could be done was to find a formula which , compatibly with this , gave something to the minority . |
| 15 | The training would also become increasingly complex , with landings from midget submarines late in 1943 and early in 1944 , but in October 1942 the best that could be produced were canoes to get the swimmer inshore and a cumbersome rubberised canvas suit of the type used by charioteers riding human torpedoes . |