Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to understand the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to understand the changes which have taken place in the practice relating to family settlements since the Victorian days , a brief description will follow , first of the standard form of eighteenth-century settlement of land , and then an outline of a modern tax-saving settlement . |
| 2 | Clearly we need to understand these needs and , in order to do this and in order to understand the responses of animals ( and I include man when I say animals ) to the difficulties that are encountered during life , we have to understand motivational processes . |
| 3 | The fabric has to be read with care in order to understand the evolution of the building , which is clearly going to be impossible where churches have plastered interiors or stuccoed exteriors . |
| 4 | In order to understand the involvement of the RB tumor suppressor gene in rat carcinogenesis , we have undertaken to isolate and sequence the rat RB cDNA . |
| 5 | It is not intended as a comprehensive potted history of the subject ; it is , however , important to have a historical perspective , particularly on the relationship between social and political change , in order to understand the character of British social policy today . |
| 6 | In order to understand the way organisations operate , it is useful to understand a number of the key concepts underlying the structure . |
| 7 | I must emphasise , however , that poor welfare and suffering are not exactly synonymous ; it is important , I think , to distinguish them in order to understand the concept . |
| 8 | In order to understand the state , we need , in accordance with the resolutio-compositive method , first to consider the parts out of which it comes into being . |
| 9 | Active listening means paying attention to the tone of voice , body language and facial expression of the speaker in order to understand the thoughts and feelings behind the words . |
| 10 | In order to understand the genesis of this new cultural form , we must examine some other forces of cultural extension and elevation which provided its preconditions . |
| 11 | In this paper we examine bleomycin cleavage of a series of cloned synthetic DNA fragments , containing regions of ( AT ) n as well as other repetitive sequences , in order to understand the origin of its cleavage specificity . |
| 12 | ‘ Difficulty in breathing ’ : The tutor and learners decide what they need to know in order to understand the problem and provide nursing care . |
| 13 | But in order to understand the problems faced in accounting theory students must often look to the literature on business organizations and apply it to the public sector context , albeit with great caution and common sense . |
| 14 | In order to understand the history of capitalist societies one must look not just to their structures , but also to the balance of power between classes and the way this power is exercised . |
| 15 | For example , in order to understand the history of physics , we have to know the concept or problematic of physics in order to establish what an event in physics consists of . |
| 16 | In order to understand the history of so-called standard English pronunciation , therefore , we need to assume — paradoxically — that there is no such thing . |
| 17 | In order to understand the significance of the anthropological work they used , therefore , we must ask , what was the role of this work in the wider context of their writings and politics ? |
| 18 | In order to understand the workings of ecclesiastical power , it is necessary to consider it in context , or rather in two contexts ; the relations of a bishop with the king and with the leading figures of the diocese . |
| 19 | In order to understand the press reporting of rape trials we need to concentrate on the few cases which got enormous publicity in 1985 . |
| 20 | In order to understand the limitations of law as an instrument to the family arena , and the rise of discretion , one must have theoretical or abstract perspectives not only on law but also on the family in its present social context . |
| 21 | These and other differences must all be considered in order to understand the landforms produced by the various types of climate . |
| 22 | It follows that in order to understand the efficacy of political parties or the ways in which political forms relate to everyday experience , account must be taken of the appropriate political discourses . |
| 23 | Disease of and damage to the macula , the central area of the retina used to discriminate fine detail , can give rise to these effects and precise information about the child 's eye condition is needed in order to understand the reason for these apparent anomalies . |
| 24 | In order to understand the nature of the changes that are taking place following the Education Reform Act 1988 , and in particular the changing role of the local education authority , it is important to reflect briefly on the nature of relationships which have been established over many years . |
| 25 | In order to understand the nature of the rural housing question , it is perhaps best to examine some of the features that are specific to each tenure , although it is always necessary to be aware of the many interlinkages among all tenures in the housing market , which can in some ways render this an artificial exercise . |
| 26 | In order to understand the nature of the application it is necessary first to consider the plaintiffs ' claim against the third defendant . |
| 27 | Some knowledge of this topic is essential in order to understand the nature of the rights conferred on a secured charge holder , the priorities of charges , and the system for the registration of company charges . |
| 28 | In order to understand the force of this social norm , it is necessary to look beyond social presentation . |
| 29 | But the development of the idea of a ‘ nation ’ and the formation of nation states in Europe began at a much earlier time , and in order to understand the vigour of later nationalist movements in Europe and elsewhere we need to look more closely at that historical process . |
| 30 | In order to understand the UMW 's tactics , one must first realise that the coal industry has a centralised bargaining structure . |