And what that means simple and understandable might not be actually simple or understandable, and things we think are complex might be made simple and understandable.

That's understandable and important.

To tackle this problem, governments are using new tools to visualize the budget so it's more understandable to the public.

CPF members have also taken action to make the IPF IFF proposals more readily understandable in national and regional contexts.

He said the disappearance of bars was understandable.

Circumstances were such that the decision was perhaps understandable.

They spoke of their high exam grades with understandable pride.

The six country initiative is not only timely but understandable.

Some of the stories are just so classic, and yet so understandable.

All of this means that the understandable concern to address immediate issues, which might be symptoms of more fundamental problems, should not lead to short term solutions that would then make it more difficult to arrive at solutions addressing the more long term, and therefore more fundamental, problems of Ivorian society.

Now it's understandable that this has all got intertwined over hundreds of years.

The problems that the Costa Rican proposal sought to address, however, were understandable.

It's a great story, and it's understandable why they would be reluctant to revise it.

They are readily understandable by citizens and elected officials and serve as a powerful rhetorical symbol.

It is fundamentally important for the process to be transparent, understandable and easily accessible to citizens.

Given their growing role in the global economy, it is understandable that larger Latin American countries, along with the other BRICS, are seeking a more influential world role. This is not the way to achieve it.

At its recent annual meeting, World Bank officials spoke extensively about corruption. It is an understandable concern money that the Bank lends to developing countries that ends up in secret bank accounts or finances some contractors luxurious lifestyle leaves a country more indebted, not more prosperous.

Communicate new legislation and policies as soon and as widely as possible, in language understandable by all.

A recent survey in the US by the organization Common Sense Media reveals a paradox, but one that is perfectly understandable. Children in poor American households today not only watch more TV than children in wealthy households, but are also more likely to have a television in their room.

This may be justified in an emergency situation, but was less understandable in the case of resettlement activities.

So, way back in the early times of the universe, we believe it was very simple and understandable.

There's a growing number of online resources that are dedicated to just explaining science in simple, understandable ways.

Some experts stressed the need for a comprehensive and coherent agreement that would be manageable, understandable and implementable.

While Turkey s lurch into the fray in 2010 may have been unwelcome, its interest in calming a situation involving an immediate neighbor is understandable. More problematically, the Sunni Arab states should also give more serious thought to addressing the situation, and should seek to reconcile their private and public postures.

The problem is made more difficult through the reliability of information received because of the lack of forensic evidence to confirm the cause of injury or death and the often (and wholly understandable) emotional manner in which the incident is reported.

For the sake of safety and cautious, Quanzhou Intermediate People s Court s previous fine punishment and judicial advice are also understandable.

That is understandable the rise of new powers has always disrupted the established international order. When this new power is a nation of 1.3 billion people living under an alien political system and ideology, its rise is bound to cause even more uneasiness.

But with enlargement come challenges. At a time of slow growth, lingering high unemployment, and difficult fiscal situations in some countries, it is understandable that longer standing members of the EU sometimes focus more on the potentially disruptive difficulties than the opportunities.

When confronted with anarchy, this eagerness to secure stability by whatever means necessary is understandable. But it is a slippery slope.

That is understandable, of course, and we in Brunei Darussalam again add our voices to the condemnation of all such actions.

Thus, the BRICS dissatisfaction with the status quo is understandable. The question is whether their NDB and CRA will make a difference.

These allocation decisions are understandable, given the paltry yields available in fixed income investments, but the resulting second order impact could ultimately prove devastating.

The doubts and the suspicions on both sides may be understandable, but they need to be addressed through constructive engagement and sustained bilateral contacts.

This is understandable and every effort should be made to provide opportunities for youth to participate in the life of their society through volunteerism.

Information should be accurate and in a form that is accessible and understandable, including in a language that the indigenous peoples will fully understand.

He noted that the need to limit the length of the report, although understandable, led to generalizations and ultimately to a lack of precision.

Despite these straightforward declarations of regret, some governments and citizens continue to demand more, giving the impression that nothing a Japanese leader says or does will convince them of the country s remorse. This intractability is, in some cases, understandable the pain of survivors and their descendants remains acute.

His tendency to view Africa through an American lens is thus both understandable and inevitable. Yet his African roots give him a unique capacity to transform American relations with Africa, elevating the importance of African self reliance and achievement, while striving to make American aid more intelligent and effective.

In the case of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the present lack of balance in the group of parties is unfortunate, while still understandable.

A high degree of confidentiality is an understandable condition for intelligence activities when early disclosure could threaten the lives of individuals involved or jeopardize arrest operations.

Many participants expressed the need for a limited number of overarching (or strategic) objectives for the future IAF that should be clear, focused and easily understandable.

If the criteria based assessment process is to be effective, the extensive amounts of information collected must be distilled into reports that are understandable and accessible.

The government pushed the proposal through in a little more than two weeks, with only token public consultation and no time for reasoned public debate. Given strong opposition from civil society groups, political parties, the United Nations, and even some business interests, the government s behavior was both understandable and inexcusable.

First, China has an understandable interest in diversifying its substantial holdings of foreign exchange reserves away from low yielding US Treasuries to real productive assets with higher returns. That is why China established its sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation, and why CIC decision makers are seeking more FDI opportunities.

And as you can see, it's not really accessible or understandable to an ordinary citizen that is trying to understand how the government is spending its resources.