Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a clear understanding " in BNC.

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1 For anyone seriously looking at the desktop publishing market it is vital that you have a clear understanding of what you want to do with the technology , regardless of the actual hardware or software .
2 I apologise for the length of this letter but I do believe that it is essential that you have a clear understanding of what it is we are to do .
3 However , we believe that the market for biological agents will only be developed if we have a clear understanding of their mode of action .
4 All these questions become acute , and unless we have a clear understanding of what is at stake we may quickly go under and revert to the low expectations for church life that have perhaps characterised our previous experience .
5 Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't .
6 This procedure ensures that the information is available to those who need it and that they have a clear understanding of the problem .
7 However , the management of severe menopausal symptoms in such patients is a problem , and we have not denied patients with breast cancer such treatment providing they have a clear understanding of the risks .
8 He had a clear understanding of his social position in Georgian society and his writings show an undue deference to the gentry .
9 He took an interest in it from a scientific point of view and his etchings and aquatints show he had a clear understanding of different types of cloud formation and their associated weather .
10 His attention to detail in gear was meticulous and he had a clear understanding of the needs of hill men and women .
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