Example sentences of "[Wh pn] do [not/n't] understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Ramsden , development director of direct marketing agency Eurocom DMA , believes the D & AD awards are decided by ‘ classical ’ admen who do n't understand the blood ‘ n ’ guts approach of direct selling . |
| 2 | Their dangerous truths are left in the hands of politicians , some of them people who are driven by little things , like the desire for personal power , and who do n't understand the explosive possibilities of what they have been given ; or if they understand , do n't care . |
| 3 | It is because of the lack of community care resources and professionals who do n't understand the scope of their powers under the existing law . |
| 4 | In most cases , this is difficult to develop because intelligence experts are seen either as outsiders who do not understand the business , or as lackeys to top managers . |
| 5 | Similarly , children who do not understand the meaning of the causal connectives will be likely to confuse cause and effect in their comprehension of other people 's causal explanations . |
| 6 | Persons who do not understand the nature of the act can not give consent . |
| 7 | Wheeler , who did not understand the joke , prudently smiled . |
| 8 | They recognize the pointlessness of confrontation with a small creature who does n't understand the assumptions on which the adult is operating , and develop a capacity to catch the passing joy and respect serendipity . |
| 9 | Charlie Mears , the bank clerk , however , is more usually a secondrate poet who does not understand the value of his ‘ dreams ’ , scorning to think of them in terms of actual reincarnations , though these dreams are so vivid that reality and unreality seem mixed . |
| 10 | There is some United States authority for the proposition that service on a person who does not understand the language of the document in question is not good service on want of due process grounds . |
| 11 | A child who does not understand the nature of an oath may give unsworn evidence if in the opinion of the court : ( i ) he understands that it is his duty to speak the truth ; and ( ii ) he has sufficient understanding to justify his evidence being heard ( s96(1) and ( 2 ) ) . |