Sentence examples for a smattering of knowledge from inspiring English sources

Those of us with only a smattering of knowledge about the ancient world know one thing about Cato the Elder.

Rather than dumbing down "hard" courses, so that everyone picks up a smattering of knowledge they will never use, universities should offer challenging courses in students' majors.

Even acts of violence are not inconceivable in certain circumstances or places, as anyone with a smattering of knowledge of the Irish treaty of 1921 will grasp.

In his manifesto "Cultural Literacy," he argues that to prepare for a lifetime of learning, a student needs a smattering of knowledge in a wide range of fields.

The discovery of expertly processed anthrax, one former scientist said, casts serious doubt on the theory advanced by some investigators that the germ attacks were the work of a lone amateur with a smattering of knowledge about biology.

iPhone Disco Fingers (Free + IAP) Disco Fingers is caught between two audiences: children who want to make a musical din, and adults with a smattering of knowledge of real sequencers.

Where do you begin, with just a smattering of the knowledge required?

A reader with even a smattering of biblical knowledge will realise two things fairly quickly.

Although journalists, even those without a smattering of economic knowledge, know this to be the case, they find it difficult to be dispassionate about it, not least because they are in the firing line.

In a 2002 survey of corporate executives, Healthy Companies found that most American executives could claim knowledge of only a smattering of another language.

A knowledge of Latin and a smattering of Greek became, even more than elegant clothing, the mark of the social elite.