Example sentences of "[adj] to understand [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to understand quite why the name of an obscure German doctor has created such a cult image . |
| 2 | Reality is sometimes too complex to understand easily . |
| 3 | ( It is useful to understand here that in the ancient middle east pearls were among the most precious of gems and were highly esteemed as personal ornaments . |
| 4 | By calculating the cost of doing something wrong or ‘ the price of non-conformance , ’ it is possible to understand just what it means to a business in monetary terms . |
| 5 | But it is possible to understand better the man behind those achievements . |
| 6 | Rostov knew that he would not be able to understand even if he could hear , but due to the fact that Arghatun 's replies were clearly either affirmative or negative he thought that probably the officer 's account was being clarified at every stage . |
| 7 | While we 've all been quick to condemn guitar manufacturers for being too timid to boldly go where no other has gone before design-wise , I found myself unwilling to applaud the Valley Arts Carlton for its daring to be different , but not being able to understand exactly why . |
| 8 | One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem . |
| 9 | This was a very great help to me , because I was able to learn the meaning of many words that I had not been able to understand before . |
| 10 | Well it seems to me that there was obviously enough information in that plan for you to be able to understand very very clearly what , what was wanted and what was going to be done . |
| 11 | Both of these systems were able to understand relatively unconstrained language for these very narrow domains . |
| 12 | In this respect it is very important to understand just what he meant by exchange . |
| 13 | Because troubadour music and poetry were vital elements in the atmosphere which Richard breathed throughout his life it is important to understand just what courtly love was . |
| 14 | Anthropologists of all kinds are greatly concerned to understand just what , if anything , is universally true of human society . |
| 15 | So it 's vital to understand just what the right weight is , and how to feed a bird to keep it fit but well fed . |
| 16 | The skill of the masons of 500 years ago and the faith of those who commissioned such works , which were truly built to the greater glory of God , is difficult to understand today . |
| 17 | ‘ I still find some of the things she does difficult to understand even after all these years , but I have grasped her conviction that people have only a finite quantity of affection to give and her terror that if Anthony lets anyone new have any she will have that much less for herself . |
| 18 | Surely it is particularly ludicrous to make that argument about social security , because even those with expertise on the subject find it difficult to understand fully . |
| 19 | If it is difficult to understand now , it will not be any easier when the system is installed . |
| 20 | Not difficult to understand then why a stove can be a backpacker 's best friend — or worst enemy if it 's not suited to the use you intend . |
| 21 | Some weeks later , discussing the arts , she admitted the English sense of humour was difficult to understand initially , and only now could she laugh at my greeting of , ‘ Help , I am being bitten by a sanitary towel ! ’ |
| 22 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 23 | However , it is not really necessary to understand exactly what imaginary time is — just that it is different from what we call real time . |