Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [not/n't] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like Frazer 's looking into the ‘ abysm of time ’ , but it was a vision only imperfectly appreciated by Charlie Mears , as the narrator of ‘ The Finest Story in the World ’ emphasizes : ‘ Above all , he was absolutely ignorant of the knowledge sold to me for five pounds ; and he would retain that ignorance , for bank-clerks do not understand metempsychosis , and a sound commercial education does not include Greek . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The experience was certainly salutary , ’ wrote Niki , adding that what he learned was that he should trust his own judgement , that engineers get carried away and some drivers do n't understand their cars . |
| 3 | I 'm afraid some of the other women he played around with when we were having one of our squalls did n't understand the situation . |
| 4 | Kids do n't understand . |
| 5 | They were objects of interest , to a degree even their crews did not understand . |
| 6 | Children with subtle neuromotor dysfunction These children often have feeding difficulties that the parents do not understand . |
| 7 | It suggested that 65 per cent of the country 's top 300 companies did not understand the Government 's economic policies and only 29 per cent thought they understood them . |
| 8 | Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities . |
| 9 | Problems arise because many pilots do not understand much about spinning . |
| 10 | Many of those applicants do not understand the system and they are misled about their applications . |
| 11 | What these marauding fund-raisers do n't understand is that there 's only three of me , and two of those are wives and working mothers . |
| 12 | Apes do n't understand profit and in any case can never keep their eye on this ball . |
| 13 | ( As in previous studies , most three-year-olds did not understand less , and most five-year-olds did . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Viewers do n't understand it , ’ explains Ann Lambert , costume designer for the series . |
| 15 | Media : Return of the six-gun saga : Modern actors can not ride and young viewers do not understand the cowboy code , but a revival of the western looms on the horizon , John Lichfield says |
| 16 | Erm and then what he did was , he they went through it together and he showed her what to do and she followed him and and as she did things right he praised her and gave her feedback and said she 'd done it correctly and then then when there were things did n't understand she questioned him and then he clarified her . |
| 17 | erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them . |
| 18 | Most private investors do not understand the concept of futures , whereas shares present no problem . |
| 19 | ‘ GPs do n't understand what we do ’ — they referred inappropriate patients , and were often reluctant to pass on information . |
| 20 | Jesus was speaking to them in a , in a concealed language , it was only for his disciples , and whilst all the people heard it , they did n't understand it , the disciples did n't understand it , and Jesus afterwards explained to his followers what he was saying . |
| 21 | Could I make a constructive suggestion in this context of board salaries or remunerations or compensation packages or bonuses I 'm saying that in a slightly tongue in cheek way because I believe that the majority of shareholders do n't understand the differences between these concepts , as you gentlemen evidently do . |
| 22 | The Builder had an editorial on 19th February which contained extracts from a letter from Scott reasserting that his design was better lit , as convenient and no more expensive than a classical design , and it commented that Scott 's opponents did not understand that he was not intending to reproduce old forms rigidly and he was only willing to introduce ‘ the refinements and inventions of our own day ’ . |
| 23 | Worse , the Germans do n't understand the laws of cricket . ’ |
| 24 | The men did not understand the words , but the poetry had a soothing influence upon them . |
| 25 | Are we to infer from the texts that the pupils do not understand the differences between inborn and conditioned reflexes ? |
| 26 | Some men do not understand what they are really doing , and they just become foul-mouthed . |
| 27 | ‘ One of the problems is that these older men do n't understand their roles and younger men feel let down and betrayed , ’ says Richard . |
| 28 | And it 's the same kids who are complaining that the A&R system is not working for them , that A&R men do n't understand . |
| 29 | Alexei did not understand why Jotan seemed to be amused by the notion , and so he said nothing . |
| 30 | However , before approximately 10 months , babies do not understand the significance of an adult 's manual pointing . |