Others seek to simplify the tax system and make the system more understandable or more accountable.

It is understandable that the Chinese are now reluctant to invest more money in the US.

This is understandable.

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.

But this is understandable.

That shift is understandable.

This behavior is understandable.

Such doubts are understandable.

Their reasons are entirely understandable.

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

This outlook is understandable, but shortsighted.

Such concerns are understandable but manifestly exaggerated.

Up to a point, this is understandable.

On the consumer side, this is quite understandable.

All of this was in fact perfectly understandable.

This is a politically understandable but flawed policy.

The concern was understandable radiation is very frightening.

Losing touch with that wisdom was, perhaps, understandable.

As the world s largest polluter, accounting for roughly a quarter of global carbon emissions, America s reluctance to do more is perhaps understandable, if not forgivable.

So, clear, balanced, and understandable information is the key.

This is understandable, but it misses a basic point.

Circumstances were such that the decision was perhaps understandable.

There is understandable reluctance to allow that to happen again.

The dilemma posed by China for democratic regimes is understandable.

Both narratives are understandable. But they cannot co exist forever.

NEW YORK Preoccupation with Afghanistan s disputed presidential election is understandable.

The six country initiative is not only timely but understandable.

That nerves are now on end in America is perfectly understandable.

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.

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

This narrative reflected (understandable) revolutionary exuberance rather than realities on the ground.

It is an understandable, pragmatic suggestion but not necessarily a good one.

Such temptations are understandable, and need not be animated by improper motives.

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.

The revival of extreme nationalism in East Asia is both worrisome and understandable.

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

Declaring war on terrorism was understandable, perhaps even appropriate, as a figure of speech.

This is understandable private investment firms spend an enormous amount on marketing and salaries.

The easiest and the most understandable idea for Russians to cling to is patriotism.

Be simple, clear and easily understandable both to scientists and to wider civil society

If many of those same viewers who have been impressed by China s successes in Beijing now also find themselves recoiling at the idea of a stronger and more prideful China, that is understandable.

It has had to deal with a widespread and understandable loss of confidence in elites academics, policy analysts, Wall Street, business leaders, regulators, and politicians which makes implementing pragmatic, centrist policies more difficult.

That is understandable the rise of new powers has always disrupted the established international order.

People are skeptical for understandable reasons, and in the case of the credit crisis, angry.

That all Jews, including Israeli Jews, should remain haunted by a horrible past is understandable.