Example sentences of "[vb mod] understand the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All nurses must understand the principles involved in order to safeguard patients . |
| 2 | However he must understand the indignity Leeds fans suffered during eight seasons being beaten by the likes of Shrewsbury and even ( gulp ) Bradford City . |
| 3 | In order to understand the standard classification , we must understand the terminology used . |
| 4 | The nature of this decoding device is shown in Figure 4 ; it is complicated , but unfortunately one must understand the complications in order to understand some of the fundamental questions that can be asked about the nature , origin , and evolution of the code . |
| 5 | However , everyone concerned must understand the difficulties that some schools face . |
| 6 | The art of the general in dance means that the choreographer must understand the working of a dancer 's body and its ability to respond physically to any demand for movement . |
| 7 | The owners of intellectual property must understand the problems of the users and not simply see their property as a source of profits . |
| 8 | ‘ Before you understand the frauds , you must understand the technicalities of these secretive deals , ’ Mr Hann explains , pushing his back into his chair . |
| 9 | your employees must understand the link between job performance and reward ( if there is n't one , you are probably working in the public services ) |
| 10 | With thoughts of conservation I can understand this but then one must understand the times when these were being worked and in the 19th and early 20th century this chalk gave a great many people employment and allowed families to be brought up in reasonably comfortable conditions and many of us now owe our very existance to these cement factories , our fathers and grandfathers earning their livings working on them . |
| 11 | ‘ I know I 'm no angel , Robyn , I know my temper gets the better of me at times , but you must understand the pressure that I was under too . |
| 12 | To reverse the mode of operation of the Jokaero spying device in this manner , the Harlequin man must understand the technology better than Jaq did . |
| 13 | To understand this feeling of outrage , you must understand the imbalance inherent in my marriage , and no doubt in many others . |
| 14 | Before advertising can be carried out , the agency must understand the client 's true needs in the short and long term . |
| 15 | here it does not , the sponsor must understand the effect of this and consider whether it is acceptable or not . |
| 16 | To respond effectively , we must understand the purchaser 's strategy and have thought through in advance with the purchaser how best to present its case . |
| 17 | In order to be able to offer value to the market , a salesperson must understand the value system of the foreign market and this means a knowledge of the influence of cultural factors . |
| 18 | The managing directors of firms affected by the EMC Directive must understand the need to make changes and allocate funds to meet its strictures . |
| 19 | You must understand the climate and how it affects the soil . |
| 20 | It is in this context that we must understand the reception of syncopated dance music in the early 1900s , of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s , and of punk in the late 1970s , as not only new but unnatural . |
| 21 | In the meantime , businesses must understand the requirements of the legislation , implement suitable management controls to maintain the required standards , and review their insurance and their use of external support services — which can be cost-effective investments in the event of crisis . |
| 22 | I have dealt at length with these tedious and superficially unimportant details because they are the only area of activity in Anselm 's years as archbishop in which a clear , persistent , and deeply felt course of action — such as can properly be described as a ‘ policy ’ — can be detected ; and if we are to understand his mind , we must understand the importance which he attached to this issue . |
| 23 | Written safety instructions should be supplied with all equipment , and staff must understand the importance of issuing these instructions , and also the consequences of failing to do so . |
| 24 | You must understand the habits and characteristics of the crops you plan to grow and how they can best be fitted to the potential of your land . |
| 25 | All patients with diabetes and their relatives or carers should understand the range of hypoglycaemic symptoms , appropriate self treatment , and when to call for help . |
| 26 | I believe you should understand the mechanics and the principles of the business you want to take up , whether it 's a profession or a service or manufacturing . |
| 27 | They should understand the operation of some major transformations , and be able to interpret , and to produce , the diagrammatic forms ( both tree diagrams and brackets ) by which the deep and surface structures of sentences are conventionally represented . |
| 28 | It may sound a little long winded but after you have read the manual ( twice ) you should understand the plot and the idea . |
| 29 | The GP who made that referral should understand the options available and the implications of his referral . |
| 30 | ( I am anxious that you should understand the customs and manners of the country where the events in question took place , so different from your own . |