Example sentences of "this [is] best [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is best illustrated by an example . |
| 2 | This is best illustrated by reference to Article 1 of the Protocol . |
| 3 | This is best illustrated by considering the flow of information through the various stages of recognition , as shown in Figure 3.1 . |
| 4 | This is best illustrated in the dance which a successful bee performs on its return to the hive . |
| 5 | This is best illustrated by taking a hypothetical example . |
| 6 | This is best treated with trans-cutaneous nerve stimulators , acupuncture , chiropractic , nerve block injections or surgery , physiotherapy , relaxation therapy , Alexander therapy , meditation and other methods that do not use mood-altering chemicals . |
| 7 | The door to the toilet is adjacent to the cooker , so this is best kept shut . |
| 8 | If you do not want a baby , but want your IUD removed , this is best done during a period , and you should immediately start using another method of contraception . |
| 9 | Managers can not motivate ; they have to operate procedures which allow them to identify , support and reinforce individual perception and this is best done through appraisal linked to professional and personal development . |
| 10 | This is best done at harvest time when hay and straw can be bought straight ‘ off the field ’ and cereals are cheapest . |
| 11 | This is best done by monitoring the signals on headphones , worn perhaps by an assistant . |
| 12 | This is best done by spreading it out on a piece of paper and running an algae magnet , wrapped in a polythene bag , over the particles . |
| 13 | This is best done by setting aside a period each day when observation and recording are carried out — perhaps a different hour each day . |
| 14 | This is best done at home so that the physical arrangements can be assessed . |
| 15 | This is best done outside on a warm day , using a tub or baby 's bath , rather than in the bathroom itself . |
| 16 | More recently , in the third wave of technology the man has been removed from the responsibility for continuous control ( this is best done by computers working to a moderately flexible range of programs ) but he remains as the monitor of the system performance and a selector of the appropriate program determined by the changing short-term objectives . |
| 17 | This is not true , for the purpose of a report is to communicate precise ideas and recommendations ; this is best done in unequivocal terms into which only one meaning may be read . |
| 18 | In the Commission 's view , this is best done either antiphonally , between two sides of a congregation , or responsorially between the leader and the people . |
| 19 | Discovering Johnson raises the issue of whether this is best done in fiction , where the imagination would seem to have freer rein , or in non-fiction , a more finite , circumscribed form . |
| 20 | It is up to each of us to discover our own preferred means of expression , and this is best done by seeing the work of others . |
| 21 | This is best done by systematically working through a given series of points on a data sheet ( Figs 5.43a , b and 44 ) , particularly at the start of a project . |
| 22 | This is best done by assuming a letting at a rack rent for a reasonable length of term ; say , ten years . |
| 23 | It seems that the best explanation for the survival of this kind of insider knowledge is that the knowledge is reinforced by frequent close contact with other speakers , and this is best accessed by a theory of network ties , which when they are strong function as norm-enforcement mechanisms . |
| 24 | This is best demonstrated by an example . |
| 25 | A relatively static subject like this is best shot from off a tripod which would enable you to keep well back and work the zoom towards the telephoto end of the range for close-ups without risking spoiling your shots through camera-shake . |
| 26 | This is best explained , not by suggesting that they do not have interests in common or that they are satisfied with things as they are , but by attending to the crushing significance of those ideas in society which preach that to be poor is an individual 's own fault and reflects his or her lack of preparedness to study and train , to work hard , to postpone having a family , or what have you . |
| 27 | This is best explained by reference to the diagram , topsoil being removed from a small area at a time and the chalk quarried down to the new level . |
| 28 | I think that this is best explained , not by looking at lots of particular theories , but by looking at one as an example of how the basic problem — how cumulative selection got its start — might be solved . |
| 29 | This is best explained by referring again to the character lattice from chapter 1 ( fig 4.8 ) where the ranks are given beneath the character candidates . |
| 30 | We believe that this is best achieved not by making people poorer or less free but by building true environmental costs into the market so as to reward those who conserve and penalise those who pollute . |