Example sentences of "[noun] [is] best [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 2 | As Stephen Parrish points out in discussing the very earliest ‘ complete ’ draft ( Ms JJ ) , the embryonic Prelude is best understood as an extension of the structure of Tintern Abbey : ‘ The last poem Wordsworth wrote before leaving England was Tintern Abbey , completed in mid July , and the affinities between Tintern Abbey and the autobiographical verse he began to write in Germany three months later help to point up The Prelude 's earliest design ’ ( Introduction to the Cornell edition ) . |
| 3 | They are not caused by individual neurosis , but it is being asserted that religion is best understood as if it were a symptom of a neurosis of humanity as a whole . |
| 4 | The new Association is best seen not so much as a pressure group founded to further the professional interests of teachers of English , but rather as a class-based mobilization which drew in not only most professors of English Language and Literature , but also like-minded politicians , administrators , and " men of letters " . |
| 5 | And Weir will have to be in top form to get a decision over the Dublin champion who could well be his bogey and the host Association 's best bet to win an Irish title this weekend . |
| 6 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 7 | Eekelaar ( 1971 ) , for example , concentrating primarily on the needs of one-parent families and viewing step-families as just another form of nuclear family , confidently asserts that ‘ whether a marriage has been terminated by death or divorce , the social and personal disruption is best healed by successful remarriage ’ . |
| 8 | In this case , the setting of the edit-point on the source-tape is best done by stopwatch . |
| 9 | The angle of the kite to the relative or ‘ apparent ’ wind is best reduced , so the ring is moved ‘ up ’ and this reduces the load on the sail , enabling better control . |
| 10 | result is best understood in the general context of overestimation of low values and underestimation of high values which has been observed in tasks as diverse as relative loudness estimation ( Stevens & Galanter , 1957 ) and the estimation of the relative number of black and white dots in a stimulus ( Varey , Mellers & Birnbaum , 1990 ) . |
| 11 | The result is best described as a collision rather than a collaboration between a selection of international techno artists . |
| 12 | Which pickup is best suited to this guitar ( one that fits under the bridge saddle ) and what standard of sound can I expect ? |
| 13 | We believe therefore , that inter-generational equity is best ensured though the adoption of a precautionary approach to developments such as quarrying and dredging . |
| 14 | We believe therefore , that inter-generational equity is best ensured though the adoption of a precautionary approach to developments such as quarrying and dredging . |
| 15 | Intravenous ‘ renal dose ’ dopamine and mannitol should be given to patients with proved myoglobinuria : cocaine is best excreted in acid urine , so alkalinisation of the urine to reduce precipitation of myoglobin is not desirable . |
| 16 | The European Community 's future is best served by those who believe in Europe and in putting forward strongly the position of their countrymen , farmers and those who have interests in the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | But there is a desperate shortage of places and the expertise and facilities of these units is best concentrated on the more difficult or seriously dangerous offender . |
| 18 | In general , the opposite is the case : the scale of the research and the kind of expertise required to assess the scientific , and therefore the ethical , validity are such that the research is best considered centrally . |
| 19 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 20 | The feelings of the copyright libraries when they hear these words is best summed up by Bodley 's Librarian himself : |
| 21 | The decision to organize the book around the analysis of specific crimes rather than district studies or thematic issues reflects my conviction that crime is best understood as an ‘ umbrella concept ’ which encompasses many different modes of human behaviour . |
| 22 | the roots of reductionism seem to drive not so much from a free-floating tolerance on the part of the people in general but from the convictions of the most influential elites that crime is best combated by social and institutional , rather than specifically penal means . |
| 23 | Adding external wall insulation is best left to professional contractors ( see box on left ) . |
| 24 | Allowing for electron correlation requires use of configuration interaction ( CI ) methods , which enlarge the scale of the computation enormously , while the relaxation effect is best dealt with by calculating the difference between overall energies for molecule and for ion ( ΔSCF , ΔINDO , etc . ) . |
| 25 | This effect is best corrected by observing the exhaust smoke and trimming the model so that the tail boom is pointing in the same direction that the smoke is being blown . |
| 26 | This effect is best shown in the diagram and photographs . |
| 27 | The construction and development industry is best known for this and there were notable scandals in the 1970s which linked architects ( such as John Poulson ) , who were highly dependent on local authority orders , to key local politicians ( such as T. Dan Smith ) , who had some influence over their allocation . |
| 28 | We believe that Labour is best placed to develop that unity by bringing Catholics and Protestants together in the struggle against the Tories . |
| 29 | Versace is best known for the razorsharp cut of his lightweight Cool Wool suits and for the baroque exuberance of his printed silk shirts , which combine cubist art with psychedelic putti and the goldwork of Cellini with Pop Art posters . |
| 30 | Solow 's book might mislead you into assuming that theorem appreciation is best learned by appreciating theorems ; but Burn looks at the raw materials that make theorems possible . |