Example sentences of "[adv] understand and [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She might , however , reach the conclusion which Hapgood finds it hard to take on board — that espionage is a game best understood and appreciated by small boys .
2 These dissemination procedures were a feature of an earlier project supported by the ESRC and the present project will pay particular attention to developing software which can be easily understood and used by social scientists .
3 When the underlying principles are widely understood and incorporated into medical technology on a world-wide scale , the action will constitute a ‘ quantum leap ’ in the present-day understanding of disease , as well as the essential nature of man himself .
4 Margaret Mead 's major interest was the way in which adolescence , and gender roles , are differently understood and interpreted in different cultures .
5 Does my hon. Friend think that the excellent work of the NAO is sufficiently well understood and appreciated by hon. Members ?
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