Example sentences of "which can be understood " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He added : ‘ The aim must be to produce small claims procedures which can be understood and followed by the do-it-yourself litigant . ’
2 First , Thomas Kuhn 's paradigms receive a psychological rationale : a major metaphor , such as the pumping heart , signifies a new perspective on man and his world which can be understood only from within that perspective .
3 The notion of transparent reporting which can be understood by the untutored layman is a chimera .
4 Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved .
5 The Piaroa judgement about the ‘ handsome hunter ’ is a complex one which can be understood through their theory of knowledge and personhood , a topic for below .
6 Llewellyn-Jones ( 1981a ) also looked at lag behind the speaker and though his concern was for individual comparison , a general conclusion is that the usual 2 — 3 seconds lag of the BSL interpreter behind the speaker is not sufficient for the message to be both understood and presented to the audience in a form which can be understood .
7 This is likely to apply particularly to concepts , which can be understood on a number of levels , while skills are generally easier to specify as they are procedures carried out in practice and are therefore more " visible " , whereas pupils ' understanding of concepts and strategies can only be inferred from behaviour .
8 Also , it is well established that efficient synthesis of buckminsterfullerene requires high temperatures , which can be understood in terms of the annealing mechanism .
9 a digitizing device using light sensitivity to translate a picture or typed text into a pattern of dots which can be understood and stored by a computer .
10 management is an operational process , which can be understood by a close study of management functions ; and
11 Each individual has a realistic task which can be understood in terms of the common task of the organisation .
12 * Provide information which can be understood and adequate training
13 ‘ Above all else the organization is viewed as a functionally integrated system , the operations of which can be understood with reference to the organizational goals which it is concerned to achieve ’ ( Burrell and Morgan 1979 , p. 205 ) .
14 … can you excuse yourselves from comprehending matters which can be understood by plain common sense ?
  Next page