Example sentences of "[noun sg] to understand [coord] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no attempt to understand or explain the phenomenon in terms of wider social forces . |
| 2 | The layout and organisation of the classroom should enable the visually handicapped pupil to develop a facility to understand and use the equipment and material in it ‘ so that he can feel at ease in the setting , and can respond freely and accurately about what he is doing ’ . |
| 3 | In the study of Languages , the pronounced use of interactive techniques underpins the necessity to understand and manipulate the syntax that forms the basis of the language . |
| 4 | As for the white kids on the estate , they experience the immediate effects — unemployment , bad housing , but they 're in no position to understand or tackle the actual underlying causes . |
| 5 | But this shows only that International Relations has become an American dominated discipline , and readers should firmly make up their own minds about the best way to understand and explain the international scene . |
| 6 | Effectively , García Márquez is here waiving any claim to be ‘ telling it the way it is ’ , for the new novelists no longer share traditional realist fiction 's confident assumption of man 's ability to understand and describe the world . |
| 7 | The level of detail and complexity of the plan should match both the complexity of the works , the level of control required and the contractors ability to understand and maintain the plan . |