Example sentences of "[adj] understand [be] " in BNC.

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1 Less easy to understand is the apparent willingness of the judiciary to lend themselves to this manoeuvring .
2 The most interesting library and the most difficult to understand is the ROBERT BLAIR MEMORIAL library in Portnahaven .
3 You know in a way South Wales is paying back the debt that we pa w w we paid them in their strike you know I mean and That 's communities helping communities and if really this management is talking about er the fact that they resent families not having to go without over Christmas and this sort of thing you know I mean where are their values you know it 's difficult to understand is n't it ?
4 For instance , one of the facts that the Bishop finds it difficult to understand is the white colour of polar bears .
5 Now um I suppose in that context um one of the things that makes this perhaps rather difficult to understand is the way in which y'know kind of when you look at children playing , when you talk to children , they 'll often express a good deal of curiosity about sexuality um both to each-other and to adults .
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