Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not [adv] understand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do not really understand the issues . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Already we have a few examples of the end-product of several stages of processing , although we do not yet understand the mechanisms . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But we do not readily understand the subtle nuances of meaning and expression which members of the same species can communicate to each other . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He did not really understand the conversation , but he knew that the Woman was being attacked . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 . |