Example sentences of "do [adv] understand [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Russell J. then said that ‘ Mrs. Jones did sufficiently understand the general nature of the document ’ but repeated that ‘ the absence of independent advice is fatal to the claim . ’ |
2 | In the latter case this was notwithstanding a finding that the wife ‘ did sufficiently understand the general nature of the document . ’ |
3 | His youth now seemed so distant that he was no longer particularly interested in such matters , and he confessed to his wife that he did not understand a word of that thesis . |
4 | Gabriel was having difficulty training this young dog , which , although enthusiastic , still did not understand a sheep dog 's duties . |
5 | She said — she said she did not understand a word you said , either of you . ’ |
6 | The Komsomols themselves knew they did not understand the instructions they got from the party cell , and said so , but received no advice as a result . |
7 | At that time , thanks in particular to the work of Morgan and his colleagues on Drosophila , we had an abstract model of how genes are arranged on chromosomes , and of how they are transmitted from generation to generation , but we did not understand the chemistry of genes , or their replication , or their role in protein synthesis . |
8 | It was not enough to have modern weapons and ‘ the best of young Irishmen ’ if the people did not understand the nature of the freedom for which they were fighting and that |
9 | So far removed from normal sense that when he rang the bell at Nutty 's house and her father came down in his dressing-gown thinking it must be the police , he did not understand the excitement . |
10 | The most trenchant criticisms came from Urwick , who argued that the ASEA simply did not understand the workings of the labour-market . |
11 | Several did not understand the curriculum , while teaching staff had little idea of the contracts and conditions of service of support staff ; governors ' perceptions of such things as the cleaning contract were often hazy . |
12 | All this makes it evident and indisputable that the compiler of PS did not understand the finer points of trust wordings : for he announces that the wordings he quotes are ones in which the settlor addresses the beneficiary . |
13 | He did n't , of course : and if he did not understand the rationale behind the process-approach , how much less would a primary teacher ? |
14 | We did not understand the law , we did not understand our rights . |
15 | The younger children did not understand the moral lessons of either programme |
16 | He further asserts that during the nineteenth century litigants did not understand the way courts worked and were in awe of their proceedings , and that the intermediaries between litigants and justice , lawyers , court officials and petition-drawers , had little sympathy with or understanding for the average Sri Lankan . |
17 | The mystery of the communal Trinity was revealed and the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus , who received him gladly from the Father who spoke of his love for his Son , though the crowds at the baptism did not understand the significance of the event . |
18 | The former director of broadcasting in Tanzania complained to me that the politicians did not understand the professional methods of broadcasters . |
19 | Unlike almost everyone in the papal Curia , unlike the pope himself , he did not understand the need for compromise ; he saw no grounds for withdrawal or discussion ; he took pleasure in obedience . |
20 | Erlich did not understand the hostility of this man . |
21 | They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Phan Boi Chau ended his life wondering whether the Vietnamese people understood communism any more than he did himself ; but even if , in the 1920s , they did not , and if international communism at least did not understand the Vietnamese people all that well either , one could argue that at a time when the prospects for Vietnam were still fairly evenly balanced between peaceful reform and revolution and even though , in 1924 , a government of the Left had taken office in France , the failure of a constitutional Party helped to turn political forces in Vietnam in the direction of a radical nationalism . |
24 | The men did not understand the words , but the poetry had a soothing influence upon them . |
25 | Finally , the solicitor told the judge that the appellants did not understand the order . |
26 | We did not understand the word for this , so the captain resorted to mime . |
27 | Alexei would think that he had surrendered too many concessions , of course , but he did not understand the Yek mind . |
28 | Parin stirred as if he did not understand the request . |
29 | Again and again in the responses to our 1989 survey of all heads , those in Phase 3 schools commented negatively on their PNP staffing : that it had little impact ; that it even exacerbated their previous staffing problems ; that it was too little too late ; that the LEA did not understand the problems which their schools were trying to tackle . |
30 | Imperial federations and the Round Table group headed by Lionel Curtis [ q.v. ] did not understand the strength of this sentiment : their proposals , not taking account of it , would therefore fail . |