Example sentences of "we [adv] [verb] [adv] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing that we did was find that there were molecules much , much bigger than was expected in the sense that there were many , many more carbon atoms involved than had previously been thought possible , and even now we just do not understand the processes whereby they are formed . |
| 2 | We still do n't understand how prehistoric man achieved that feat . |
| 3 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 4 | Quite unexpectedly , we found that there was another type of ganglion cell which we called the on-type directionally selective because , when plotting their receptive fields with a stationary spot , they only responded at onset , unlike the other type I have just illustrated which responded at both onset and offset ; we still do not understand the reason for this , but it led us to discover other differences . |
| 5 | They are talking a language we probably do not understand , and which they hope will impress us and befuddle us and increase their status . |
| 6 | As participants , we often do not understand what is going on in the interchange , so caught up are we with our own agendas . |
| 7 | Now I have explained all I can , you will realise that we really do not understand why the neocortex is , as Herrick called it , the organ of civilisation . |
| 8 | We simply do not understand the origin of this hugely variable relation between injury and pain . |