Example sentences of "understand what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's understanding what the need is and understanding what need you can actually supply . |
| 2 | The first might be said to be context- and task-independent : we can understand what a sequence of symbols is meant to represent , without understanding the context within which those symbols might be put to use . |
| 3 | So you can understand what a sacrifice it is your father is making in sending you to this school . |
| 4 | It may seem obvious but some appear to forget that if you do n't understand what a question asks you have little chance of answering it ! |
| 5 | Only from the Greeks can we understand what a rebirth of tragedy must mean to the inner life of a nation . |
| 6 | So Ken said to him I ca n't understand what a boy like you 's doing here Duane . |
| 7 | How could he understand what an agony the evening must be for her . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I ca n't understand what the woman 's saying — it 's too loud and echoey to understand . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Those people in warm offices in Brussels just do n't understand what the climate is like here . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed . |
| 16 | With a dentist one can understand what the chap is actually saying . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Craark ! ’ it said , and to Mildred 's delight , she found that she could understand what the creature meant . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For nobody can understand what the Government is doing to clear up the economic mess it has created . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Since we do understand what the sceptic is saying , we must have the sort of knowledge required for that understanding . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 27 | He could n't understand what the lecturer was talking about because he knew nothing about accounts . |
| 28 | What was more , I could understand what the men were saying ; although their accents were strange , their French was perfectly comprehensible . |
| 29 | Sometimes people do n't actually understand what the hell they mean , when they say it anyway . |
| 30 | 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 . |