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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Lille court ruled there was no legal basis for expelling the people running the 72 makeshift shops, but said the Calais prefect's concerns were totally understandable.

The best A.I. in the planet would find it complex and confusing, and my little dog Watson would find it simple and understandable but would miss the point.

(j) Ensure that such protection is understandable, affordable, accessible and not burdensome for the beneficiaries, taking into account the linguistic, cultural, social and economic context of indigenous peoples.

It also found that under the CISG the notice of lack of conformity of the goods, to be effective, had only to be understandable for the other party.

Ideally, the subsidies will go for employing workers of all ages. However, it is understandable that plans under current discussion envision focusing first on the youngest and oldest workers.

To some extent, this is understandable, given the focus on short term liquidity and capital flows. But the sharply decreased availability of longer term funding is heightening financial sector vulnerabilities.

In view of diversity of the risks involved, it was found understandable that the Commission had elected not to prepare a draft general convention or even a mere framework convention.

During the chaotic years of Boris Yeltsin s presidency, it was perhaps understandable that Russians regretted their loss of great power status. Something had to be blamed for their dire economic conditions.

And there has been understandable disappointment and criticism at the lack of language on disarmament and non proliferation, particularly given the risk of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to terrorists.

The attraction of this metaphor may be attributable to the excessive trust that Americans place not only in their army, which is understandable, but in force in general, which is much less understandable in the case of an intelligent people. Whatever the case, casting the fight against terrorism as a war has led American policymakers to multiply violent military operations that have absolutely no chance of winning hearts and minds in the Muslim world.

While it is understandable that the 2005 MDG report focused on the global situation, with some regional analysis, it is nonetheless clear that the necessary statistical information is available for many countries.

This perfect storm is mounting a grim reality, increasingly grim reality, and we are facing that reality with the full belief that we can solve our problems with technology, and that's very understandable.