Example sentences of "to understand [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far we have been concerned with trying to understand something of the general reaction people have to various forms of loss , concentrating on the reactions people will discover in themselves when they or someone close to them is dying or has died . |
| 2 | It is important to understand something of the recent history of Information Technology Departments . |
| 3 | This concept of individual timetables enables us to get away from the focus on the family or household as an undifferentiated unit , and to understand something of the complex patterns which evolve when individuals ' lives are woven together over the period of their lifetimes . |
| 4 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 5 | To achieve such insight , it is essential to understand something of the social and historical context . |
| 6 | The aim of this chapter is to explore the nature of RMI , and to understand something about the key elements ( information , cultural change ) . |
| 7 | First he made a gourd spring up to protect Jonah from the sun ( by ‘ gourd ’ we are to understand something like the castor-oil plant or Palma Christi , with its rapid growth and all-sheltering leaves ) ; then , with no more than a wave of the silk handkerchief , he sent a maggot to destroy the said gourd , leaving Jonah painfully exposed to the heat . |