Example sentences of "do [not/n't] understand " in BNC.
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| 31 | Despite all the contrary opinions expressed in the play , the underlying message was that it is the mother 's right to choose whether she wants to bring up a child who is mentally handicapped , and that other people simply do not understand how the mother feels . |
| 32 | One of the most frequent reactions to the observation that many people do not understand about mental handicap is to question why they should . |
| 33 | ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 34 | ‘ I am afraid I do not understand , sir , ’ Morton said , straight-faced . |
| 35 | ‘ I do not understand you ! ’ |
| 36 | ‘ No , miss , you still do not understand . |
| 37 | ‘ I do not understand the purport of your question . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I do not understand you . |
| 39 | Do not understand your message of 31.10. reporting his death from diphtheria . |
| 40 | ‘ It is necessary to have connections , you do not understand , ’ she told me when I remarked on the fact , though even the normally impassive Czechs leapt to their feet and gallantly opened doors for her at every available opportunity . |
| 41 | Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts . |
| 42 | We simply do not understand the origin of this hugely variable relation between injury and pain . |
| 43 | Sometimes Cabinet meetings horrify me because of the amount of rubbish talked by some Ministers who come there after reading briefs which they do not understand . |
| 44 | In most cases , this is difficult to develop because intelligence experts are seen either as outsiders who do not understand the business , or as lackeys to top managers . |
| 45 | We may have discovered a statistical effect but do not understand how it operates ; the brute fact that people who have experienced unemployment are more rebellious in spirit does not itself explain why this occurs ( see diagram ) . |
| 46 | We do not understand that we have become the slaves of our desire and have created a net around ourselves , by our thoughts and actions . |
| 47 | An ill-informed perception of schools suggests that they need to be ‘ protected ’ from the ‘ real ’ and harsh decisions involved in administering employment legislation , school meals , plant and buildings : ‘ they do not understand what we do , the services we undertake on their behalf , in order that they can get on with teaching the children . ’ |
| 48 | Misunderstanding and lack of trust — People do not understand its implications and perceive that it might cost them more than they will gain . |
| 49 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 50 | Nevertheless , they all work basically by trying to fit the input into a set of stored templates , and if some input does not fit anything the machine has been given , it simply replies ‘ I do not understand . ’ |
| 51 | The whole question of ancient alignment practices remains an important enigma : we do not understand the British cursus-type features ( earthen avenues ) or stone-rows , much less the Andean lines . |
| 52 | It may be modern unwillingness to accept that there were activities in ancient societies which we do not understand that accounts for the embarrassing silence of archaeology on the Andean lines and its stubborn resistance to a proper treatment of the ley theory in Britain . |
| 53 | The faces of the many others remain with me , the bored and the bewildered ; those who lost the battle at Book 2 but who are confronting Book 4 ‘ because it is there ’ ; those who can mouth Book 4 to the teacher 's satisfaction but do not understand the concepts in it ; those who know Book 4 by heart already . |
| 54 | ‘ And people do not understand how physically to vote . |
| 55 | Those who believe that the growth of planned economy brings with it the possibility ( on the narrow basis of the dying out of the law of value ) of acting just as one pleases , do not understand the ABC of economic science . |
| 56 | Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities . |
| 57 | Indeed , there is a lot going on out there in my garden , which I do not understand . |
| 58 | But we do not understand the nuances of bird , animal , insect or other creatures , communication , because we do not possess their inward experience of mental meaning . |
| 59 | Among humans , even when we do not understand the words , the manner of expression still tells us a great deal of what is being communicated , especially at a basic level of feeling , emotion and facts of physical life . |
| 60 | It is easy to tell if someone is angry or friendly towards us , even if we do not understand their language . |