Example sentences of "[that] they [vb mod] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 2 | To achieve that they must understand exactly just how forensic rhetoric and persuasive reasoning work , while their own ratiocination is free from irrational imperfections . |
| 3 | The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition . |
| 4 | However , before the visit ended the husband and wife both admitted to being charmed with Annabel 's friend , and that they could understand their daughter 's feelings towards her , for the girl was not only as beautiful as Annabel had described her , but also she had the most pleasing and cultured voice . |
| 5 | They wanted quite simply " a return to the Apostolic Life " , a more simple Church and a Church that they could understand . |
| 6 | I think it 's true to say that , certainly at my school , about the age of fourteen of fifteen the girls suddenly decide that they ca n't do maths and there 's no way that they could understand anything scientific , but that , I think , is a lot deeper than just encouragement at school anyway . |
| 7 | It is important that they should understand that they are not being examined to see how ignorant they are but that you are trying , with their help , to help them to become good spellers . |
| 8 | I know that they will understand . ’ |
| 9 | Thus it is proposed that they will understand the directional component of the meaning of because in connection with the distinction between cause and effect ( viz. the causal direction ) , before they understand the directional component of its meaning in connection with temporal order . |
| 10 | — Produce notes for other users so that they will understand how you intended to use the material . |
| 11 | Now some doctors could conceivably still be frightened off , but we must presume , I think , that doctors are literate people , that they can understand what the law is if it is told to them , and the medical societies and other groups are making available to them the workings of this particular Act . |
| 12 | It is necessary for contemporary women artists so that they can understand the history and the specificity of their positioning as artists who are women , with specific social and cultural locations in terms of class , race and sexuality , as opposed to the stereotypical displacement as ‘ women artists ’ . |
| 13 | Is there a way of talking in your natural dialect that they can understand you and yet without losing it ? |
| 14 | We have found that they can understand the idea of written-down cost if they are directed towards examples with which they are familiar . |
| 15 | I think they can be interested when somebody speaks out in terms that they can understand . |