Example sentences of "of understanding the [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 As Coward says , ‘ the problem is that of understanding the position of women as a sex without presuming that being a sex entails forms of natural behaviour and position ’ ( 1983 : 3 ) .
2 I see this change in direction as a development and broadening of the experience of understanding the history of women .
3 None the less , for the purposes of understanding the development of landforms associated with volcanism and intrusive igneous activity , we need to appreciate a few key properties of igneous rocks .
4 If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors .
5 Despite the problems of understanding the meaning of actions from our observations , this perspective is particularly relevant when behavioural change is sought and discussions of this kind abound in the literature of treatment and therapy .
6 This is an excellent method of understanding the contexts of situations and its meaning for those involved , even though one can never truly be a participant observer .
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