Example sentences of "have [vb pp] 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 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 .
3 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
4 You have shown a general understanding of the assignment , but could have improved your answers by closer attention to detail .
5 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 .
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