Example sentences of "and explain [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checking back replies with the parents can confirm these family views and allow the parents to talk further and explain what it means . |
| 2 | In psychology we use the analogy of mechanical stress , and its consequences , to describe and explain what happens to people when they are subjected to excessive psychological demands . |
| 3 | This is a superficial view of psychoanalytic theory , because it fails to see that the prime objective of Freud is not merely to explain the ‘ odd ’ actions of neurotics or primitives , but to use their actions to understand and explain what counts as ‘ normal ’ and ordinary action in Western societies . |
| 4 | Provided that we can identify the regularities in nature , then we need nothing more in order to predict and explain what happens . |
| 5 | He would analyse the paper sample , photograph and enlarge each individual letter and then mount them on a comparison chart , and the jury would pass it solemnly from hand to hand and wonder wily it needed a highly-paid expert to come and explain what anyone could see with his own eyes . |
| 6 | Too young for you even to try and explain what you were doing , how important it was and how much it took out of you . |
| 7 | I 'll try and explain what I mean . |
| 8 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |