Example sentences of "in [v-ing] to understand the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of this kind show much promise in helping to understand the PE spectra of moderately complex inorganic and organometallic compounds , but at present the empirical assignment of these spectra is fraught with uncertainty . |
| 2 | In seeking to understand the extent of the LEA 's influence on primary classrooms it is instructive , as we have already noted , to compare our own findings with those of Mortimore et al . |
| 3 | In attempting to understand the organisation it is essential to realise that there is a trade-off between being simplistic and being practical . |
| 4 | But it 's worth looking for books and magazine articles that are on relevant topics — and these will certainly help in getting to understand the terminology . |
| 5 | However , in trying to understand the evolution of sex and recombination , I think the gene's-eye view is more illuminating . |
| 6 | The problem we have to grapple with in trying to understand the significance of the events is the contradiction between the ostensibly humanitarian instincts of those who campaigned for legal change , and the controlling impact they had on people 's lives , particularly working-class girls and homosexuals . |
| 7 | There was no point in trying to understand the weather : one had to submit to it . |