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 . ’ |