Example sentences of "to have a [adj] understanding " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You and the kidnappers seem to have a perfect understanding , Zen . |
| 2 | Teachers in higher education are bound to have a close understanding of much of the current thinking and work in their intellectual field . |
| 3 | It is indeed rare for the participants in such epoch-making events to have a complete understanding of them and their consequences . |
| 4 | Phelan and Staunton seem to have a great understanding on the left wing and I doubt Charlton will move either . |
| 5 | If he or she does n't act for a number of successful bands , he or she is unlikely to have a thorough understanding of accounting in the music business . |
| 6 | … the old distinctions between teaching.staff and librarians will become hopelessly blurred … both tutors and advisers will need to have a thorough understanding of subject fields and the various generic . |
| 7 | You need to have a thorough understanding of that from your management on how your going to get paid , and what your financing levels are , Okay ? |
| 8 | Expert systems can help the human expert to have a better understanding of his cognitive knowledge . |
| 9 | Now that 24 hour pressure recordings are used increasingly for the investigation of disorders of oesophageal motility in patients with chest pain of undertermined origin , it is important to have a better understanding and a more precise characterisation of the non-deglutitive and non-peristaltic motor activity of the normal oesophagus . |
| 10 | Both counsellors and clients need to have a real understanding of what constitutes counselling . |
| 11 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 12 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 13 | Nowadays a chief executive has to have a strong understanding of finance , he needs to be good at public relations , he must understand technology , he must be able to cope with labour problems and he must ( as always ) be a good selector of people . |
| 14 | This was particularly noticeable in relation to the development and use of pupil self-assessment procedures in some of the art departments visited , as a method for encouraging children to have a clearer understanding of what they are attempting to do , to enable them to have a more informed approach to criticism , but also as a very beneficial diagnostic tool for teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of their own teaching programmes . |
| 15 | Such romantic libretti required a choreographer to have a greater understanding of the significance of each movement , particularly if the protagonists came from different classes or environments as in La Sylphide ( a farmer and a fairy ) or Giselle ( a count and a peasant ) . |
| 16 | Five years of therapy later , I realise what a lot of ‘ work ’ we did have to do to understand the underlying reasons for my eating disorder , and for many other things in my life , and also to have a wider understanding of eating disorders in general and what they are about . |
| 17 | On these occasions you may be offered a job on the spot , so it is very important to have a good understanding of what you want and need from a job before you go . |
| 18 | To do this you have to have a good understanding of the materials . |
| 19 | With the inferential approach it is clearly necessary to have a good understanding of the psychological processes involved in performing the test procedures we use and good theories of those processes themselves . |
| 20 | It is important to have a good understanding of the term ‘ organisation development ’ . |
| 21 | To understand these aspects of deixis in depth it is first necessary to have a good understanding of the semantic organization of space and time in general , but these topics lie beyond the scope of this book ( see though , Leech , 1969 ; Fillmore , 1975 ; Lyons , 1977a : Chapter 15 ) . |
| 22 | In a democratic society , this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science , so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts . |
| 23 | Thus parents , employers and decision-makers have an obligation to have a full understanding of mental handicap in order to approach the issues involved with a true sense of proportion . |
| 24 | It is essential , when embarking upon such operations , to have a clear understanding of the rules which will apply if disaster strikes . |
| 25 | It is important to have a clear understanding of the impact of legal aid on tribunal representation . |
| 26 | Like other textbook writers , Greer seems to have a clear understanding of the ways in which the examination system services a class-ridden society : CSE Mathematics Book 2 has a whole section on overtime and piecework with a briefer section on salaries paid to ‘ people like teachers , civil servants , secretaries and company managers ’ . |
| 27 | If changes in money supply have a major effect on the economy , and if the government therefore attempts to control the supply of money , it is important to have a clear understanding of ( a ) the purposes of money and ( b ) the definition of money . |
| 28 | ( b ) Taking instructions As noted above , the drafter needs to have a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business , in order to ensure that the terms meet the needs of the client 's business , taking account of its products , customers and problems . |