Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] understanding of " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we now know as a result of studies on the enkephalin-endorphin system has brought a new understanding of pain and of bodily responses to injury . |
| 2 | Nowadays a chief executive has to have a strong understanding of finance , he needs to be good at public relations , he must understand technology , he must be able to cope with labour problems and he must ( as always ) be a good selector of people . |
| 3 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 4 | we 've got the technical input , we 've got a technical understanding of what 's going on , let's have a paper on it , and put out some figures , and put out some projections as to what we believe , pooling the knowledge that you guys have got , let's put it together and lay out where we think it 's going to go |
| 5 | Partners have to reach a common understanding of good learning environments and of the conditions which produce them in order that they may jointly promote them . |
| 6 | You have shown a general understanding of the assignment , but could have improved your answers by closer attention to detail . |
| 7 | He 's got a rare understanding of the blues , both on acoustic and electric , but it 's his slide guitar playing that 's really earned the praise . |
| 8 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 9 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 10 | To do this you have to have a good understanding of the materials . |