Example sentences of "can understand [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think it 's a false economy , but we can understand that a seaside hotelier , for example , may not want to train casual , seasonal staff . |
| 2 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
| 3 | I can understand that the reasoning behind this deviation is wholly fashion-based . |
| 4 | Formal signals are often grouped together in an induction programme , and so anxious are we to reduce the total uncertainty to something we can understand that we will swallow the formal induction without even a whimper . |
| 5 | So erm I I , I mean I can understand that we have a a specific need to er address the member of who signs what cheques but I think the matter of cash is covered by two , the chief executive is answerable to a board for financial matters . |
| 6 | But I think there 's a very strong argument Chinese revolution And , to a certain extent you can understand that people have to identify with something and the easiest thing to identify with is a king and a queen erm Chinese communist leaders of various sorts , Stalin even Karl Marx , you know , you can convince yourself that he had all the answers when of course , really , you must see these things as developing . |
| 7 | Yes I mean we can understand that if you 're gon na get a cheaper ticket you 'll have to book well ahead and obviously they 've got to try and ease the the overcrowding on some trains . |
| 8 | The student can understand that the discipline is not given in any absolute sense , but has been socially formed and reflects interests both of rival factions within the disciplinary culture and of the wider society . |
| 9 | I can understand that obviously we 've got to be cautious about that sort of thing . |
| 10 | I can understand that this would benefit residents of Murieston . |
| 11 | In previous work , the investigator has developed a means to investigate children 's understanding of recursive beliefs in story characters , that is , whether they can understand that John does not know that Mary knows where the ice cream van is . |
| 12 | ‘ I can understand that now , but at the time … ’ |
| 13 | because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever , but erm you know I , you know she 's , you know , I can understand that actually , she 's being quiet sensible about it she said there 's nothing else I want to do and I might as well do something that I enjoy , you know , you 've only got one life have n't you when it comes down to it ? |
| 14 | I 'll stick , I 'll stick , I 'll stick to wrestling can understand that better . |
| 15 | No I can understand that I suppose |
| 16 | can understand that you can do the rest on your own |
| 17 | I can understand that they do n't want to get , to go through the rigmarole of court . |
| 18 | But erm you know , ah you know , she 's , you know I can understand that actually , she 's being quite sensible about it , she said , there 's nothing else I wan na do and I might as well do something I enjoy . |
| 19 | erm that 's a clumsy , and perhaps you might say a rather German way of putting it , but seeing religion as one of the things people do , one of the things that we can understand now that we 're good at understanding history — we can understand how society works , we can understand that a person is interested in religion for psychological reasons because he is a certain kind of person , comes from a certain kind of family , and so from all sorts of angles religion is being understood and the cost is that it 's not such an absolute thing as before . |