Sentence examples for an elementary understanding of from inspiring English sources

He could have delivered a series of policy speeches to prove that he has even an elementary understanding of major issues.

Consequently, there are many people, some in high positions, who are deficient in even an elementary understanding of the importance of human relations.

It was a clear pass interference, for any observer with an elementary understanding of football, and if called it would have essentially guaranteed the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl.

In each, Britain surrendered sovereignty and exposed itself to economic risks that were not worth the potential gain, especially for anybody with even an elementary understanding of contemporary China.

Today, a couple of years after reading "Perjury," I have an elementary understanding of the Hiss affair and the personalities involved; further, I know that Hiss claimed to have known Chambers as "George Crosley".

Before reading "Perjury," I had an elementary understanding of the Hiss affair and the personalities involved; further, I knew that Hiss claimed to have known Chambers as "George Crosley".

Even though face-selective responses have been shown in all the regions for which we found reduced grey matter in developmental prosopagnosics here, as yet there is still only an elementary understanding about the probable functions of these regions.

"America has displayed a shameful lack of elementary understanding of how the Middle East works," Meir Sheetrit, a member of the Hatnua faction, which has pressed for a permanent peace settlement with the Palestinians, said.

"It would be hard to find a statement more antithetical to Christianity, or more lacking in the most elementary understanding of Jesus," said James Martin, SJ, Jesuit priest and author of Building a Bridge.

The thing that Krauthammer doesn't get is that Romney is not the sort of businessman that his brand of capitalism is not the sort of enterprise that requires even the most elementary understanding of diplomacy, courtesy, or sensitivity to other people's values, lives, or perceptions.

This common background suffices for the elementary understanding of everyday life.