Sentence examples for a cursory question from inspiring English sources

Non-students are asked a cursory question about their intention to remain in Britain.

Immigration got not just a cursory question, but a long and detailed policy discussion.

Many of them involved a single congressman making a statement about a constituent of his who was killed in this way, or asking a cursory question of the senior military official who happened to be testifying before the panel.

He asked Wang a few cursory questions, and then demanded a £300 deposit.

In my case, I asked the hotel desk clerk if she had any suggestions, and 45 minutes later there was a "doctor on wheels" in the lobby, writing my prescription after a few cursory questions.

When Fastow and Skilling proposed the strategies that eventually destroyed the company, board members asked a few cursory questions, then signed off.

(I didn't know whether it was with me or her mother). I asked her a few cursory questions: Do you have any nasal congestion?

"As a reporter, I get to go and ask the experts questions and really delve in deep, versus you you might ask a few cursory questions here and there".

There's a cursory few questions at the start when they politely ask about the film, but you know they're not going to put hardly any of it in.

Seedco easily evaded the verification callers, who asked only cursory questions.

Personnel officials at the central board asked only cursory questions about the convictions and never bothered to check about the seriousness of the charges, the report said.