While royal rule, as legitimized by blood descent, had almost vanished as an effective principle of government in the modern world, monocracy a term that comprehends the rule of non-Western royal absolutists, of generals and strongmen in Latin America and Asia, of a number of leaders in postcolonial Africa, and of the totalitarian heads of communist states still flourished.
That's why we couldn't comprehend the new rules that predatory lenders brought to town.
Iranian authorities have struggled to comprehend the new rules of the political environment.
If he's been in fewer relationships than you, be patient and understanding if he doesn't quite comprehend the basic rules of living together.
Mr. Bloomberg is a quick study, but even he may not fully comprehend the impact of that and similar rules, which will now be part of his world.
"I don't understand or comprehend the criticism," Howman said, adding that the rule "seems to be working" in other team sports.
There, Garbus trailed Times reporters and editors from Inauguration Day, as they began a frantic process to accurately convey and comprehend the first year of an administration intent on making up the rules as it goes along.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1986 that it is unconstitutional to execute someone who lacks the "ability to comprehend the nature of the penalty".
The pup, which, as it turned out, was a birthday present from Chris to Anneliese, didn't yet comprehend the rules these were sheep and he was a dog and so he went for them and the sheep reacted and that reaction, predator and prey, drove the older dogs into a frenzy.
He could barely comprehend the concept anymore.
