Example sentences of "to understand [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time . |
| 2 | But in the century since we have come to understand better the structure of natural language , and have made some conceptual progress in the philosophy of language . |
| 3 | But it is possible to understand better the man behind those achievements . |
| 4 | The remainder of this chapter will review the nature and activities of these neighbourhood groups in an attempt to understand better the nature of the North Side Revitalization Program delivery , to trace out the mechanisms by which social polarisation may be exacerbated rather than alleviated . |
| 5 | Further research is required if we are to understand better the process of early retirement in a variety of circumstances and thereby build a sounder basis for policy . |
| 6 | There 's a danger that in a science course one concentrates purely on how and why nature works , or in an engineering course one concerns yourself only with how to apply and harness phenomena , not to understand sufficiently the nature of the phenomena and what are the inherent limitations . |
| 7 | Favourable reviews came from Women 's Wear Daily , who considered it ‘ a funny , lovely , painfully gentle play that manages — without being fake-sensitive or psychedelically souped up — to understand just the thinking of today 's young people ’ . |
| 8 | The majority of courses provided students with insufficient help to understand clearly the place of English , or language , within the whole primary curriculum , that is to say how language ability should be developed in the context of the various elements of the curriculum and how in turn these can be more effectively learned by appropriate language activities . |
| 9 | None the less , they are worth considering , because they help us to understand both the origin and the artificiality of feudalism . |
| 10 | Another project seeks to understand precisely the vagueness of natural language , not only so that we can communicate better with computers , but also because vagueness is a valuable commodity for computation in general . |
| 11 | One must expect this and while we are trying to understand fully the development of dune shapes and dune systems , it is necessary that researchers should classify dunes on a descriptive basis . |
| 12 | It will be necessary at this stage to rework the Financial projections of the project using the financing terms offered to understand fully the impact of each proposition . |
| 13 | In order to understand fully the role of forestry as an agent of environmental change in Britain , it is necessary to examine the historical perspective which has been discussed by Stewart ( 1987 ) . |
| 14 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 15 | To understand fully the potential of this medium you need to appreciate that a professional marker range offers a massive array of colour , tone and possible variations of technique . |
| 16 | In order to understand fully the effect of resource issues on the public sector we need to examine what happens in practice . |
| 17 | An approach to family functioning which emphasises the interactions of each upon the other and their cumulative impact is essential if we are to understand adequately the position of an old person at a given time . |