Example sentences of "would understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Baker said Mr Lawson 's speech would be ‘ well received ’ because the party would understand the problems the Government was facing . |
| 2 | Nuns , I thought , would understand the troubles of the old and homeless , and would give balanced advice . |
| 3 | Many parents and would-be parents watching the play would understand the mother 's position because it reflected the consensus of public opinion . |
| 4 | If only such offenders were punished by having a Radio One DJ surgically joined to them at the hip , perhaps they would understand the crime of incongruous and pig-ugly extensions . |
| 5 | the way in which an ordinary , reasonable employee would understand the words used ; |
| 6 | We would understand the bark of a dog , like we do our own language , only if we had the mind of a dog . |
| 7 | He thought Dustin would understand the sufferings of Ben . |
| 8 | She would at once understand the motive and , however coldly she dealt with me , she would understand the necessity . |
| 9 | Mother Francis hoped that the Community in Dublin would understand the need to make Eve feel important and part of the place as they had always done here in Knockglen . |
| 10 | Those enjoying right of access would understand the basis for such management . |
| 11 | Now , in the summer of 1837 , he would understand the origins no less than the extinctions of species through appropriate comparisons and contrasts between sexual and asexual generation . |
| 12 | Their replies were closer to the way a psychologist or a physiologist might interpret the question , though none of the children would understand the way visual perception works . |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal upheld the defendant 's conviction because there was ample evidence that a purchaser would understand the description ‘ new ’ to indicate that the vehicle had had no previous owner and no previous registered keeper . |
| 14 | Consider the sentences in ( 10 ) with their sequences of verbs followed by adverbs or adverb phrases : ( 10 ) Farjeon clumsily undressed the refugees gazed hungrily into the window the ship was drifting almost imperceptibly to leeward In the last of these three cases nobody would understand the ship itself to be " almost imperceptible " ; in the second sentence , on the other hand , it is the refugees who are hungry ; gazes , whatever they may imply to a sensitive observer , do not experience hunger . |
| 15 | Garvey would understand the need for an end to the miracles . |
| 16 | The test , in every case , is whether reasonable people would understand the words to point to the plaintiff personally , and the journalist can not escape simply by widening the net of suspects . |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal upheld the defendant 's conviction on the basis that a purchaser would understand the description " new " to indicate that the vehicle had had no previous registered keeper . |
| 18 | ‘ I must accept some of the blame , I am afraid , ’ he said with a smile that was clearly meant to signify one man would understand the foibles of another . |
| 19 | He believed the travelling public would understand the reasons for the action . |