Voting in Afghanistan, Eide said, is not yet the kind of democratic expression understood in the West.

CNN: Violence, graft overshadow Afghan elections

The TV presenter insisted he had not been accusing anyone of anything and "it is essential that it is understood that I would never be part of any kind of witch-hunt".

BBC: UK Politics

It is understood to be the first case of its kind against a newspaper in the country.

BBC: Michaela McAreavey's family begin civil case in Mauritius

Two, I had a knack for remembering what kind of packing material was best for which fragile object, and I immediately understood why it was better that personal-size bags of chips be torn vertically, while family-size bags be torn horizontally, and where the tabs should be located to al-low each sort of tearing.

NPR: Chapter 1

The result has the elegance of a formal dance - a kind of minuet, in which the participants advance and retreat according to well-understood rules, until they have arrived at a satisfactory outcome.

BBC: A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word

Yet class surely tells more than creed when it comes to American manners, and Romney is better understood as a late-twentieth-century American tycoon than as any kind of believer.

NEWYORKER: I, Nephi

It was understood to have suggested that the Orangemen would enter into discussions in some kind of civic forum, which would include Garvaghy Road residents this Saturday, before the parade.

BBC: Commission upholds parade ruling

But the Barnes example needs to be understood for what it is: a one-of-a-kind situation where a move of still-questionable necessity that seemed destined to destroy the institution miraculously did not.

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