Example sentences of "[pers pn] be understood that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until the Uprising even the PLO leadership — albeit with a great deal of hesitation — was ready to accept the formula of a joint Jordanian and Palestinian delegation , it being understood that the Palestinian component , even though not PLO leaders themselves , would be a genuine and equal partner with the Jordanians . |
| 2 | No official announcement has yet been made by the DoH , but it is understood that the new ‘ community care unit ’ is to be headed by Liz Wolstenholme , general manager of Bradford Family Health Services Authority and one of the 18 members of the original Support Force . |
| 3 | It is understood that the Birmingham-based van operation and Leyland lorry assembly plant in Lancashire have only enough brake and clutch assemblies to last them a matter of days . |
| 4 | It is understood that the local authority wants a bridge demolished and a roundabout built to replace it . |
| 5 | He answered , when pressed , that he did n't know why , but it was understood that the young fellow was mad , that is , Monseigneur the King was in one of his fits of impatience . |
| 6 | It was understood that the new government would lead the country to presidential elections in November , and to multiparty legislative elections in December . |
| 7 | While the Environment Commissioner had also initiated proceedings against Spain , Portugal and the Netherlands , it was understood that the British case was the only one in which a request to halt work had been issued . |
| 8 | It was understood that the main focus of police interrogation had related to the publication in the Nairobi Law Monthly of the manifesto of Oginga Odinga 's new National Democratic Party ( NDP — see p. 37995 ) , and Imanyara 's advocacy of multiparty democracy . |