"understanding" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Carefully-selected inmates speak to students, juvenile offenders, drug treatment program participants, and members of community groups to give them a first-hand understanding of the consequences of drug use and crime.
- Michael K. Powell, the F.C.C.'s current chairman, said yesterday that he would travel to New York tomorrow to meet with industry executives, analysts and debt-rating agencies to "gain a first-hand understanding" of recent changes in the telecommunications industry.
- Coco is the whimsical acronym for the Children's Opera Company of Ossining, established by Arthur Jay to give youngsters first-hand understanding of opera as a dramatic form.
- Interns gain a first-hand understanding of the legislative process and the operation of executive branch agencies.
- They began their ambassadorial role with a message of support for the Team GB Ambition Programme, announced today, which offers aspiring athletes and coaches a first-hand understanding of the Olympic environment during the Games.
- To gain a first-hand understanding of the situation on the ground and the military risks of the Bundeswehr's mission, Guttenberg went several times to the frontlines of the Afghan conflict.
- Eisenhower, "at once the most subtle and brutal strategist of the nuclear age," rejected the concept of a limited nuclear war, reasoning, with a general's first-hand understanding of battle, that fear would overrule reason once nuclear weapons came into play.
- Twelve courses later, we waddled out, with a first-hand understanding of the creativity, skill and tensions behind a great restaurant meal.
- Shirley Matthews has a first-hand understanding of that equation.
- It is unique in offering accreditation surveys that are conducted by professionals who are actively involved in ambulatory care and have first-hand understanding of the specific issues facing the facilities they survey.
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