Example sentences of "understand [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she approached the reception desk she saw that the Cooks were already there , apparently having trouble understanding something the short balding clerk was trying to explain . |
| 2 | It 's understanding what the need is and understanding what need you can actually supply . |
| 3 | It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about . |
| 4 | The General and I , on the other hand , being men of intellect and learning , can understand everything the old bugger is saying . |
| 5 | This definition should be understood as the choreographer 's ability to establish a style of movement through which the audience will feel and understand what the performers are communicating through a particular way of dancing . |
| 6 | I ca n't understand what the woman 's saying — it 's too loud and echoey to understand . |
| 7 | Since they did not understand what the Sign of the Cross meant or the meaning of Our Father , he had started with a simple explanation of these and had told them how important it was to start praying together . |
| 8 | ‘ Those people in warm offices in Brussels just do n't understand what the climate is like here . |
| 9 | Now some doctors could conceivably still be frightened off , but we must presume , I think , that doctors are literate people , that they can understand what the law is if it is told to them , and the medical societies and other groups are making available to them the workings of this particular Act . |
| 10 | Everyone who has watched a loved one go through the experience of a major and dangerous operation will understand what the next few weeks were like . |
| 11 | Under the first few sample questions are guidelines to help you understand what the interviewer is hoping to find out so that you can construct replies which show why you are the candidate who should get the job . |
| 12 | This was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed . |
| 13 | With a dentist one can understand what the chap is actually saying . |
| 14 | In the light of this passage we can interpret one of Wordsworth 's gnomic sayings — ‘ The Child is Father of the Man ’ — and can understand what the attractive childhood episodes are doing in Books i and ii ; they are now seen to be similar ‘ spots of time … enshrined … for future restoration ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Craark ! ’ it said , and to Mildred 's delight , she found that she could understand what the creature meant . |
| 16 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 17 | For nobody can understand what the Government is doing to clear up the economic mess it has created . |
| 18 | As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’ |
| 19 | The other is an insider 's , told so as to make us understand what the events mean , in a sense distinct from any meaning found in unearthing the laws of nature . |
| 20 | Since we do understand what the sceptic is saying , we must have the sort of knowledge required for that understanding . |
| 21 | I just ca n't understand what the bloody hell 's going on in his mind — his crafty crooked little beetle-brain , I mean , " he added to keep his end up . |
| 22 | And it 's something to do with getting the num the , the system so you 've got zeros in and I did n't understand what the heck it was on about . |
| 23 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 24 | He could n't understand what the lecturer was talking about because he knew nothing about accounts . |
| 25 | What was more , I could understand what the men were saying ; although their accents were strange , their French was perfectly comprehensible . |
| 26 | Sometimes people do n't actually understand what the hell they mean , when they say it anyway . |
| 27 | Er , I dare n't give away Rosemary and John , 'cos they 're the only two that can understand what the hell I 'm talking about . |
| 28 | He ca n't understand what the flag is meant to be advertizing , unless it is being proud of one 's country . |
| 29 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 30 | Do , do you understand what the tax system is ? |