Sentence examples for a casual knowledge of from inspiring English sources

Rather, it is that he snubbed his conservative base, viewed the nomination as an entitlement and displayed only a casual knowledge of the state.

Anyone with a casual knowledge of how Hollywood, radio and TV responded to contemporary crises over the past century might have seen this coming, even back on Sept. 12.

Online policies have also been proposed by assuming a casual knowledge of the environment.

Still, I'm coming to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare with only a casual knowledge of the games in the series that precede it.

But then, as Mr Feldman turns to examine individual prizes, things start to bog down.In discussing the literature prize, Mr Feldman assumes in his readers a more than casual knowledge of 20th-century fiction.

I knew, as everyone does, of her close friendship with her sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert (played in the film by Jodhi May); but in "A Quiet Passion," that relationship, though crucial (because it's centered on intimate matters), is second, intellectually, to Emily's bond with Vryling, a name that will be far less familiar to viewers with only casual knowledge of the poet.

In this case some casual knowledge of Dutch and European history probably also helps, as does a level of tolerance for Mr. Greenaway's snobbism.

Paul is not a casual defender of personhood.

But he's also a casual student of the medium.

however, even a casual consideration of standard frequentist practice reveals that this is patently untrue.

Belize had a casual sort of charm.