Example sentences of "not understand the [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This is not to suggest that the average speaker of English does not understand the differences of meaning .
2 More than 9000 children were seriously injured last year and research shows that young children do not understand the dangers of traffic , or how to avoid them .
3 I can not understand the Secretary of State is looking perplexed .
4 But we do not understand the nuances of bird , animal , insect or other creatures , communication , because we do not possess their inward experience of mental meaning .
5 Anyone who does otherwise does not understand the force of reason . ’
6 They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle .
7 He does not understand the meaning of discretion .
8 Barnett had been a founder of COS in 1869 but , largely due to his experience in a desperately poor Whitechapel parish , he had become convinced that the COS did not understand the meaning of poverty and the helplessness which it bred .
9 He did not understand the shout of laughter the Frenchman gave .
10 Now everybody talks like this : if you can not understand the language of sport , you probably can not follow American politics .
11 Sheikh Hamed al-Bitawi , a prayer leader at Jerusalem 's al-Aqsa mosque , called on Arabs to quit the Middle East talks because Israel ‘ does not understand the language of peace . ’
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