Example sentences of "may understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither dark nor dumb ceremonies , but … so set forth that every man may understand what they do mean , and to what use they do serve . |
| 2 | She may understand that this habit is one that develops in many otherwise unselfish old people when their powers of concentration begin to weaken slightly , just as a child tosses an unwanted toy out of its pram , and that no hurt is intended . |
| 3 | Because of fatigue you may understand less well ; comprehending less well , you strain harder to understand ; this extra effort increases fatigue and so on . |
| 4 | you may understand it perfectly well even though , on reflection , you may not be entirely sure exactly what alloy bronze is , or what sort of dog a mastiff is , or what truffles are . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Carnelian may understand it . ’ |
| 6 | Certain forms of writing , such as academic articles , extend this even further and writers are required to develop skills in explicitness , and in being aware of hidden assumptions , so that readers who have not directly had the writer 's experience may understand it . |
| 7 | In this respect it looks as if some Latin American leaders and regimes may understand better what is needed than the more formal and even ossified democracies of the West . |
| 8 | All this mass of material must be written so that others may understand it . |
| 9 | Right now you may understand those you may think Oh I ca n't really get the hang of this . |
| 10 | You must therefore insist on clear and full answers so that you may understand the way in which the student 's mind is working . |
| 11 | We look to price theory to elucidate the nature of the mutual influence exercised by decisions so that we may understand how changes in these decisions , or in the data which underlie them , systematically set in motion further alterations elsewhere in the market . |
| 12 | We feigned not to grasp the reference , though Durham City readers may understand it very well . |
| 13 | On Channel 2 , the unctuous host of the Gerry Springer chat show had apparently taken a serious oil overdose as he presided over a freak show of truly terrible cases of giantism and dwarfism by telling his goggle-eyed studio viewers they were each of them there ‘ so that next time we may understand and empathise when we meet a woman 7ft 10ins tall . ’ |
| 14 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |