Example sentences of "may [not/n't] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great danger of the last days of the campaign is that those voters who wish to punish the Tories , but do not want Labour , may not understand the situation . |
| 2 | The dilution is performed by the patient often without supervision , and they may not understand or follow instructions . |
| 3 | So far as the timber structure is concerned , you may not understand it , but it should look regular and well formed . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the ward may not understand the demands made by the school . |
| 5 | Speak to a Kenyan distance runner in the high hills of the Rift Valley , a Bulgarian hurdler , a Soviet pole vaulter or even a Chinese high jumper and though they may not understand a word of what you are saying , when you utter the words ‘ Andy Norman ’ lights will shine in eyes and heads will nod in recognition and they will search , sometimes desperately , for an interpreter . |
| 6 | For instance , a woman may not understand why her husband 's only response is frustration when she rubs her fingers over his shoulder . |
| 7 | We may not understand the occult ( hidden ) powers that lie behind these activities but be warned — they are REAL and they are HARMFUL . |
| 8 | First problems can have several causes ; and second , even when you 're employing a specialist , read any information you can about the job — you may not understand everything , but you might save yourself a lot of bother . , . |
| 9 | Alternatively parents may be unaware of the nutritional value of certain foods and may not understand the necessary balance in a diet . |
| 10 | The most common failings are to rely too much on words rather than extensively labelled diagrams , to use technical terms and concepts which the user may not understand , to focus on what it is at the expense of what it does and to fail to separate the needs of the operator from the details which are needed to set up the device , to locate faults , to provide remedies and to provide routine maintenance . |
| 11 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 12 | The man may or may not be earning a wage ; he may not understand the particular needs of the children . |
| 13 | Couples who thrive on conflict should remember that children may not understand the reason for their rows . |
| 14 | If you have to use technical terms and you have any reason to believe that your reader may not understand them , then you should explain them . |
| 15 | They may not understand the Deutschmark or live cattle , but even idiots know about the Yankee trade figures . |
| 16 | Yes that does n't exclude but includes all of that , but at the same time although everybody that 's going to read it may not understand the intricacies of it all as professionals we 're giving more than a passing nod , so that was something else , er er and something more involved than English teacher than making them jump through loops |
| 17 | You may not understand now , but I want you to remember . |
| 18 | Unmusical clergy may leave every — recruiting , and may not understand the inappropriateness or impracticality of a particular piece of music which has been requested . |
| 19 | They may not know what is in these documents ; even those who do may not understand the implications of the proposals . |
| 20 | Purchasers may not understand the extent of their liabilities and the true extent of the help they might receive in an emergency . |
| 21 | A sense of inadequacy and frustration because one may not understand what one is observing nor know what on Earth one can do about it . |
| 22 | The so-called " success " rate of substitution therapy such as Antabuse for alcohol , Naltrexone for heroin and minor tranquillisers for almost anything whatever , is because the prescriber may not understand the concept of the Dry Drunk Syndrome or because of the fact that minor tranquillisers and many other psychotropic drugs are cross-addictive with all mood-altering chemicals . |
| 23 | ‘ For good reasons which you may or may not understand , I desire to remain here in the wilderness away from those to whom I may inadvertently bring catastrophe . |
| 24 | ‘ You may not understand it , gorgio , but she will . |
| 25 | People who speak little or no English may not understand the need for speed , and it may take time to get the information translated . |
| 26 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 27 | symbols you may not understand |
| 28 | in a package the unpoetic may not understand . |
| 29 | A speaker for whom " you know what I mean ? " is only an agreement-seeker may not understand a speaker who uses it to mark agreement . |
| 30 | It is also important to explain the content of the mortgage offer to many clients , as they may not understand the offer that they receive directly through the post . |