Sentence examples for a poor grasp from inspiring English sources

His comments reveal a poor grasp of economics.

Either way, studies find, this biological pacemaker has a poor grasp of longer intervals.

The analogy betrays a poor grasp of "free, fair and credible" electoral democracy.

Mr. Teerlink and Mr. Ozley decided that they had a poor grasp of union politics.

Either the colossus had a poor grasp of newspaper matters or he just wasn't too squeamish.

They say the soldiers and civil servants who negotiate the contracts have a poor grasp of risk.

This is hardly the first time the court has seemed to betray a poor grasp of technology.

"One pre-board screener had such a poor grasp of the English language that she required an interpreter during her deposition," they added.

It is a pity, therefore, that existing models of their behaviour have such a poor grasp of the details of the interaction between air and sea.

Students are graduating, if they graduate at all, with a poorer grasp of writing, reading and maths than their counterparts in other countries.

A couple of years ago, thanks to a very large Amazon.com gift certificate and a very poor grasp of measurements, I adopted a 50-inch plasma.