The phrase "understood in the light" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to indicate that the meaning or interpretation of something is dependent on a particular perspective or context. Example: "The politician's statement, while seemingly innocuous, could be understood in a different light when considered within the context of his party's agenda."
Everything that is said below about "method" must be understood in the light of this general proviso.
This situation can be better understood in the light of the crippling external debts that the Philippines inherited from the days of the Marcos regime (1965-86), westernstern governments and institutions financed the dictator with loans to secure his loyalty during the cold war.
Since it is a specifically Islamic subject and has the status of worship, it is vital that its meaning and scope is understood in the light of Koranic teaching and the practice of Rasul Allah (peace be upon him), especially in a country which calls itself Islamic and 90percentt of whose population are Muslims.
That idea is deftly countered in this brilliant and provocative book by a leading French specialist on modern Islam.Gilles Kepel argues that the attack can only be understood in the light of the rise and fall of political Islam, or Islamism as he calls it, over the past quarter-century.
The prolonged activity can also be understood in the light of study rhythm.
The relationship between the two variables can be understood in the light of the demands that students must deal with when doing their homework.
The purpose of this chapter is to identify the reasons for collective action failures and successes in natural resource management, and to understand, in the light of economic theory, the mode of operation of the factors involved whenever possible.
Good and bad, being and nonbeing, and other opposites should be understood in the same light (ch. 2).
Each poses real problems for policymakers that must be understood, in the clear light of day.
Painted colour cannot be understood in the same way as coloured light.
A good portrait painter will find beauty in any subject, because there is a sense, surely, in which the human face will always appear beautiful, caught in the right pose, seen in the right light, understood in the right way.
