Example sentences of "does [not/n't] understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie Mears , the bank clerk , however , is more usually a secondrate poet who does not understand the value of his ‘ dreams ’ , scorning to think of them in terms of actual reincarnations , though these dreams are so vivid that reality and unreality seem mixed . |
| 2 | GPs feel the public does not understand the problems of being on 24-hour call , including the danger of making wrong decisions through fatigue . |
| 3 | He does not understand the WEA point of view , of desiring to draw out the individual in speech and written work . |
| 4 | But our dog does not understand the word ‘ sit ’ in the way we do any more than we understand the nuances of his barking in the way that he does . |
| 5 | Even physics does not understand the nature of an electron and electrical charge . |
| 6 | Anyone who does otherwise does not understand the force of reason . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | A vague command where the child does not understand the meaning behind the statement , e.g. ‘ Be careful ’ instead of ‘ Please come down off that wall ’ . |
| 9 | The shortest lag occurs where the interpreter does not understand the message and merely transposes the message from one language to the other ; in BSL the transposition occurs from English to signed English , or from BSL to spoken signs . |
| 10 | Here , the community deputy has turned the argument around on the other deputy by suggesting he does not understand the issues that are central to bringing school and community together in one institution . |
| 11 | The landed gentry of Wiltshire and Dorset do , after all , have a knowledge of their counties that goes generations deep , and they are somewhat dismayed to find themselves with an academic bishop who has never been a parish priest and who , they feel , does not understand the nature of rural society . |
| 12 | There is some United States authority for the proposition that service on a person who does not understand the language of the document in question is not good service on want of due process grounds . |
| 13 | This is not to suggest that the average speaker of English does not understand the differences of meaning . |
| 14 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 15 | ‘ But it is clearly necessary to distinguish between , on the one hand , cases in which a wife , alive to the nature and effect of the obligation she is undertaking , is procured to become her husband 's surety by the assertion by him upon her of undue influence , affirmatively established , and on the other hand , cases where she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction of suretyship . |
| 16 | Under Kinnock 's Red Terror , hunting with dogs ( the canaille does not understand the word hounds ) is to be banned . |
| 17 | So , the hon. Gentleman does not understand the purpose for which the fund was devised . |
| 18 | The reality , I fear , is that the right hon. Gentleman does not understand the economy or how it works . |
| 19 | I do not know whether he does not understand the measure or whether he thinks that he can discredit the idea by associating it with the poll tax . |
| 20 | A child who does not understand the nature of an oath may give unsworn evidence if in the opinion of the court : ( i ) he understands that it is his duty to speak the truth ; and ( ii ) he has sufficient understanding to justify his evidence being heard ( s96(1) and ( 2 ) ) . |
| 21 | He does not understand the meaning of discretion . |
| 22 | In practice , this may mean a child being tested does not understand the wording of a question . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyone who does n't believe the White House was was deeply involved … does n't understand the magnitude of the President 's obsession with Noriega or the way Washington works in these areas , ’ said Larry Birns , director of the respected liberal think-tank , the Council on Hemispheric Affairs . |
| 24 | They recognize the pointlessness of confrontation with a small creature who does n't understand the assumptions on which the adult is operating , and develop a capacity to catch the passing joy and respect serendipity . |
| 25 | She does n't understand the consequences of her actions . |
| 26 | He does n't understand the Tory Party is about to be split wide open . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Alan does n't understand the technicalities . ’ |
| 28 | I think Margaret does n't understand the word subtle . |
| 29 | Now if the child does n't understand the symbol , their behaviour can react in one of two directions . |