Example sentences of "do not understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Komsomols themselves knew they did not understand the instructions they got from the party cell , and said so , but received no advice as a result . |
| 2 | At that time , thanks in particular to the work of Morgan and his colleagues on Drosophila , we had an abstract model of how genes are arranged on chromosomes , and of how they are transmitted from generation to generation , but we did not understand the chemistry of genes , or their replication , or their role in protein synthesis . |
| 3 | It was not enough to have modern weapons and ‘ the best of young Irishmen ’ if the people did not understand the nature of the freedom for which they were fighting and that |
| 4 | So far removed from normal sense that when he rang the bell at Nutty 's house and her father came down in his dressing-gown thinking it must be the police , he did not understand the excitement . |
| 5 | The most trenchant criticisms came from Urwick , who argued that the ASEA simply did not understand the workings of the labour-market . |
| 6 | Several did not understand the curriculum , while teaching staff had little idea of the contracts and conditions of service of support staff ; governors ' perceptions of such things as the cleaning contract were often hazy . |
| 7 | All this makes it evident and indisputable that the compiler of PS did not understand the finer points of trust wordings : for he announces that the wordings he quotes are ones in which the settlor addresses the beneficiary . |
| 8 | He did n't , of course : and if he did not understand the rationale behind the process-approach , how much less would a primary teacher ? |
| 9 | We did not understand the law , we did not understand our rights . |
| 10 | The younger children did not understand the moral lessons of either programme |
| 11 | He further asserts that during the nineteenth century litigants did not understand the way courts worked and were in awe of their proceedings , and that the intermediaries between litigants and justice , lawyers , court officials and petition-drawers , had little sympathy with or understanding for the average Sri Lankan . |
| 12 | The mystery of the communal Trinity was revealed and the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus , who received him gladly from the Father who spoke of his love for his Son , though the crowds at the baptism did not understand the significance of the event . |
| 13 | The former director of broadcasting in Tanzania complained to me that the politicians did not understand the professional methods of broadcasters . |
| 14 | Unlike almost everyone in the papal Curia , unlike the pope himself , he did not understand the need for compromise ; he saw no grounds for withdrawal or discussion ; he took pleasure in obedience . |
| 15 | Erlich did not understand the hostility of this man . |
| 16 | They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle . |
| 17 | Barnett had been a founder of COS in 1869 but , largely due to his experience in a desperately poor Whitechapel parish , he had become convinced that the COS did not understand the meaning of poverty and the helplessness which it bred . |
| 18 | Phan Boi Chau ended his life wondering whether the Vietnamese people understood communism any more than he did himself ; but even if , in the 1920s , they did not , and if international communism at least did not understand the Vietnamese people all that well either , one could argue that at a time when the prospects for Vietnam were still fairly evenly balanced between peaceful reform and revolution and even though , in 1924 , a government of the Left had taken office in France , the failure of a constitutional Party helped to turn political forces in Vietnam in the direction of a radical nationalism . |
| 19 | The men did not understand the words , but the poetry had a soothing influence upon them . |
| 20 | Finally , the solicitor told the judge that the appellants did not understand the order . |
| 21 | We did not understand the word for this , so the captain resorted to mime . |
| 22 | Alexei would think that he had surrendered too many concessions , of course , but he did not understand the Yek mind . |
| 23 | Parin stirred as if he did not understand the request . |
| 24 | Again and again in the responses to our 1989 survey of all heads , those in Phase 3 schools commented negatively on their PNP staffing : that it had little impact ; that it even exacerbated their previous staffing problems ; that it was too little too late ; that the LEA did not understand the problems which their schools were trying to tackle . |
| 25 | Imperial federations and the Round Table group headed by Lionel Curtis [ q.v. ] did not understand the strength of this sentiment : their proposals , not taking account of it , would therefore fail . |
| 26 | The defendant may however have considered the possibility that the victim did not understand the nature of the act but have negligently ( given his own capacities ) dismissed it from his mind , although the risk was an obvious one . |
| 27 | To all who heard it — even if they did not understand the full depths of the resonance he intended — Edwin Frere 's first Christmas sermon to the congregation of Munding St Mary 's was clearly an inspired delivery . |
| 28 | Wheeler , who did not understand the joke , prudently smiled . |
| 29 | I listened to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and it was plain that he did not understand the Bill . |
| 30 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |