Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would-be practitioners of planning did not clearly understand the constraints imposed on their activities by external economic relations and pressures . |
| 2 | The problem arises where a debtor is required by a creditor to provide security for his indebtedness ; the debtor and creditor agree that the security will be provided by some third party ; the relationship between the debtor and the third party , typically husband and wife , makes it likely that the third party 's assistance will be forthcoming ; the debtor procures the third party 's consent by some material misrepresentation or by exerting undue pressure or influence of some kind ; the third party signs the necessary security documents without any independent advice and without any explanation from the creditor of the true effect of the documents ; the third party subsequently , as a defence to the creditor 's attempt to enforce the security documents , contends that he or she was induced to sign by the debtor 's material misrepresentation , or did not properly understand the import of the documents , or that his or her consent was not a true consent having regard to influence or pressure exerted by the debtor . |
| 3 | The reason in both cases why the security given was unenforceable was that ( a ) the security was given by the wife of the debtor , ( b ) the creditor knew of the relationship , ( c ) the creditor had done nothing to ensure that the wife understand the transaction , ( d ) the wife did not properly understand the transaction , and ( e ) she had had no independent advice . |
| 4 | The reason for a lot of these premature deaths was that their owners did not sufficiently understand the importance of cash flow . |
| 5 | He did not really understand the conversation , but he knew that the Woman was being attacked . |
| 6 | At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious . |
| 7 | This led to a deep conflict within himself which carried with it the handicap that he did not really understand the ordinary world , was remote from everyday life , and so lacked balance . |
| 8 | The seamen were concerned only with their ship , the revenue men did not fully understand the sea and the conflict of interests resulted in too much wasted time . |
| 9 | Apollinaire , on the other hand , although he did not entirely understand the nature of Braque 's new development and failed to realize that even though Braque was beginning to paint largely from memory , his work was still often related directly to his models , instinctively realized that Braque had accomplished something important and original . |
| 10 | The governors stuck reasonably well to their instructions on this and other matters and , while they did not always understand the new societies in which they were serving , eighteenth-century attacks on their competence were certainly on some occasions political propaganda that colonists were naturally tempted to launch against men who were carrying out the policy of a distant monarch and government . |
| 11 | On a theory of understanding which linked what we can understand with what we could come to recognise as true , the distinction collapses and all the relevant sceptical arguments will be of the strongest type ; that is , will claim that we do not even understand the propositions we claim to know . |
| 12 | Already we have a few examples of the end-product of several stages of processing , although we do not yet understand the mechanisms . |
| 13 | But the fathers also insisted , and believing Christians have proclaimed it ever since , that although we do not fully understand the relationship between God and the Devil , the inescapable fact about Satan is that he has declared war on God and his creation . |
| 14 | ‘ You do not really understand the issues . ’ |
| 15 | But we do not readily understand the subtle nuances of meaning and expression which members of the same species can communicate to each other . |