"Some of us don't require intimate understanding," she said.

He said the Pope had shown "the most intimate and deep understanding" of the new Government's problems.

But his intimate understanding of southwestern Chinese folk music is not innate.

He has refused to work outside Australia, insisting that the best architecture comes from an intimate understanding of culture, climate and environment.

His influence derived from his intimate understanding of those who turned to him for worship.

The intimate understanding between the women seems as sacramental as their gestures.

Now people will have an intimate understanding of how he touched others.

These days you can get a more intimate and revealing understanding of the workings of the body by other methods.

"You seem to have an intimate understanding of the mind of a smuggler," she said.