Sentence examples for understands privately from inspiring English sources

I don't think he understands privately held companies.

While he publicly claims to understand, privately he must be angry with the reaction.

But both sides understood privately that the White House would have trouble producing more than 95 to 100 Democratic votes.

"The prime minister (we understand privately) did not want to stir this up before the cabinet discussions on the 1982 survey, nor risk any adverse publicity while the last two byelections were pending.

These acceptances are now in hand, and the United States is understood privately to have suggested, as one possibility, that observers from the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization be used to monitor the cease‐fire.

The Australian government was publicly pissed off with the fact that Australian passports were used, but I understand privately that this sort of thing happens all the time.

The Guardian understands City Hall privately expects the sale to go through before Christmas.

It is understood that privately he had already agreed to back Blatter.

"You have to understand that privately some players were not so good, but on the pitch it is different.

Much of it was credited to un-named "security officials," and the White House is understood to privately believe that sources in the Pentagon spoke with several reporters, on an off-the-record basis.

The Guardian understands the government has privately told executives in the car industry that it is confident the sector can retain tariff-free access to the single market.