Example sentences of "[adj] for understanding the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , a historical focus is appropriate for understanding the meaning of attitudes , for the rhetorical context of attitudes is also a historical context .
2 It is helpful for understanding the situation of elderly people and possible intervention .
3 If Marx 's and Engels 's hypothesis concerning the origin of the State must remain questionable , their theory seems more important for understanding the way existing states actually work .
4 This is important for understanding the way in which it will be argued that Talcott Parsons has misunderstood Freud .
5 That is an extremely important insight into the nature of family obligations , and is significant for understanding the nature of contemporary obligations ( see chapters 3 and 6 for further discussion ) .
6 The conception and management of change in these organizations confirms the inadequacy of the structure-strategy paradigm either as a heuristic for understanding the process of innovatory change or as a prescriptive tool for enterprises searching for durable competitive advantage in volatile markets .
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