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

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1 ‘ Hey , lost in music and lost for words , you yell and purr but all you can understand is that The Smiths are special and you 'll hug them to your heart …
2 What I do understand is that if the master 's not home for the party tomorrow , the mistress wo n't be pleased — and that 's putting it mildly .
3 ‘ What Governor Clinton does n't understand is that it 's the people in the voting booths that matter . ’
4 What the child does not understand is that unfortunately the GIANTS have to do this .
5 ‘ But what you do n't understand is that it 's Leo I 'm doing it for . ’
6 ‘ What you must understand is that even convicts have a twisted code of ethics that they live by .
7 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 .
8 But one thing you should understand is that you 're in way over your head .
9 ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing .
10 This Edouard knew : what he could not understand was that in the years since the end of the war Jean-Paul had made no attempt to restore the house .
11 She did n't quite , but what she did understand was that she hated this woman , and the thought momentarily came to her that that man would n't surely have been as bad as this mean-faced nun .
12 The one thing the serfs did understand was that they were not yet free .
13 What is not so readily understood is that many of these people are paid extensively on commission .
14 What was not understood was that when you sweep away a feudal society , you do not overnight change the institutions or the casts of thought that have been built up over centuries .
15 What Westminster MPs tend not to understand is that the beneficiaries of this process have not been their cousins in the Strasbourg Parliament , nor even the European Commission , but the Council of Ministers .
16 What British people so often fail to understand is that the old inter-island divisions and prejudices that have always dogged Caribbean life are still present , and that a successful cricket team is the one thing that transcends this fragmentation .
17 For the manager the critical relationship to understand is that between the potential ‘ drive ’ of an individual and the nature of needs .
18 What we need to understand is that we are not talking about career , but about serving Christ and finding the most effective means to win the lost .
19 But what you have to understand is that he 's the biggest thing in these villages , so he has to be the biggest thing in my life .
20 ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship .
21 The most important point to understand is that a tutorial is an opportunity to share in the learning process : to share your ideas , experience , understanding and perplexities .
22 The main point to understand is that the diet is flexible , but you must : stick to 1,000 calories per day ( unless you have chosen to increase your calorie allowance ) eat only the foods allowable in the stage you are currently on .
23 What the hon. Gentleman does not seem to understand is that one can have a progressive system with two rates .
24 That I understand is that the lake at Skelton Hall is too deep to be found suitable by the Great Crested .
25 The reason for that I understand is that erm the sort of former universities , it 's something to do with the superannuation scheme quite separate so it 's all sort of based on their superannuation schemes .
26 In fac I , from what I understand is that you 've got a problem with shortage of workload .
27 But nonetheless the literal translation I understand is that people who are Dutch citizens in this country should contact the er ambassador at thirty eight Hyde Park Gate and seek the relevant forms in order to register for the election and vote in the U K and I hope our friends er in in the Binnenhoff have taken that a little more seriously than appears to have been the case in in the Home Office .
28 What he failed to understand was that the illicit sex itself was n't the biggest crime .
29 The only thing she understood was that having told Eliot she would help Shildon , it was impossible for her to back out .
30 What she understood was that she had grossly misinterpreted the situation .
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