Example sentences of "to understand [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should however indicate that to understand properly what is the appropriate position for an inset boundary , I have to look at the reasons for there being an inset at all for the village , as , as you correctly indicate , it lies plainly otherwise within the general extent of the greenbelt . |
| 2 | This study was carried out to understand better its role in intestinal inflammation and to investigate whether PAF production is also raised in Crohn 's disease . |
| 3 | • Bankers who need to understand better their corporate clients ' requirements and to respond with appropriate products and services , |
| 4 | In this respect it is very important to understand just what he meant by exchange . |
| 5 | So it 's vital to understand just what the right weight is , and how to feed a bird to keep it fit but well fed . |
| 6 | Because troubadour music and poetry were vital elements in the atmosphere which Richard breathed throughout his life it is important to understand just what courtly love was . |
| 7 | She helped us try to understand just what life is like for her . |
| 8 | Anthropologists of all kinds are greatly concerned to understand just what , if anything , is universally true of human society . |
| 9 | By calculating the cost of doing something wrong or ‘ the price of non-conformance , ’ it is possible to understand just what it means to a business in monetary terms . |
| 10 | They are entitled to know what is going on , and to be helped to understand exactly what steps are being taken . |
| 11 | It is important , however , to understand exactly what the connection is between faith and miracle . |
| 12 | And you 'll come to understand exactly what I mean by that it 's all about three dimensional space . |
| 13 | He talks to almost no one , yet most everyone seems to understand exactly what he means . |
| 14 | However , it is not really necessary to understand exactly what imaginary time is — just that it is different from what we call real time . |
| 15 | I want you to understand exactly what is expected by the time I see you tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | Each performer needs to understand exactly what to do . |
| 17 | It is very important , though , to understand exactly what this means . |
| 18 | Er , it 's been coming in gradually over the years , but there 's been an awful lot of , of er , resistance by some manufacturers on what they say on their labels , and what they say about what they 're selling us , and er , if they 're gon na do this , and I 'm getting a , a slight suspicion , and I think Mr is , that , that it 's got to be done eventually , and we , we have to be able , as a buying public , to understand exactly what we 're buying before we actually get it home . |
| 19 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |
| 20 | Bear in mind that once your child has this information , he or she will also need to understand exactly who they can safely talk to about it . |
| 21 | ‘ It needs a born Highlander to understand aright our Scottish Highlanders ’ , goes on JTR , ‘ and to gather from them all the lore they know , so as to give us pictures that will live on in after ages . |
| 22 | An operations director , for example might be expected to understand the characteristics of a world-class manufacturing operation — stage four — while a shift manager may be required to understand thoroughly his or her own process — stage one . |
| 23 | Another of the experiments demonstrated how important it is , if punishment is to work , for children to understand clearly what they are doing wrong and what alternative actions they can choose . |
| 24 | While the Indians appear to understand roughly what we 're doing — they 're happy to do retakes and do n't seem at all put out by this great big eye being pointed at them — they do n't seem to understand about the idea of acting . |
| 25 | We have to come to terms with the fact that people 's experience of God differs enormously and the way they talk about God differs enormously , and in order for us to understand even what we mean we 've got to listen to them . |
| 26 | Make borrowing fair and honest ; bring bargaining between borrower and lender out into the open , with the borrower being given the opportunity to understand precisely what he was letting himself in for , and in that knowledge to make his choice . |
| 27 | Nizan 's narrative is both an indictment of the illusions of the French petty bourgeoisie in a phase of rapid capitalist industrial expansion , and an attempt to understand precisely who his father was , an attempt to explain the reasons underlying the failure of his father 's life . |
| 28 | Although many attribute to Lo Tak-shing possession of the most byzantine — and very possibly the cleverest -mind in Hong Kong politics , few claim to understand quite what he seems to be doing with it . |
| 29 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |
| 30 | ‘ the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of 16 will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed . |