Sentence examples for comprehension of the average from inspiring English sources

The occasional snorer in the audience notwithstanding, Harris said he was mystified by the perception that opera is beyond the comprehension of the average person.

He said if the plaintiffs could prove that the result was an added health hazard beyond the comprehension of the average consumer, they might have a better chance of pursuing their case.

Massive, fragile and impossible to tune, the modulars were designed and built to order in consultation with high-end consumers, but synthesisers at this point were far out of the price range (and comprehension) of the average musician.

The only effect of these changes seems to have been the addition of further layers of complexity to a sport whose nuances are already beyond the comprehension of the average spectator.

Our representative government has been hijacked by a wealthy elite whose pockets are lined by corporate America and who have minimal comprehension of what the average American must endure just to get by.

Senator Hillary Clinton's use of the phrase "elite opinion" to dismiss the near unanimous opposition of economists to her proposal for a gas tax holiday was a landmark in the use of elite to attack expertise supposedly beyond the comprehension of average Americans.

"There is quite as much average comprehension of the need of the thing, as much courage I doubt not, as much previous knowledge of the gun, & there is a readiness of ear & of imitation which for purposes of drill counterbalances any defect of mental training".

The problem with growing up bilingual is that you are either incredibly fluent in one and have no acceptable comprehension of the other or you have average proficiency of both.

Like subjective comprehension, the average rate is high and far beyond the scale midpoint of 3.5.

The aim was to assess the average duration of the interviews, comprehension of the questions, the logical structure of the questionnaire, and how to program skipped questions and sections.

Reading performance composite was calculated by averaging the percentile ranks of reading rate and comprehension of the Nelson Denny Reading Test.