Sentence examples for for a laymen from inspiring English sources

They also felt I explained things too clearly great for a laymen's audience but not for someone pursuing a Ph.D. Nothing was said about the science itself.

Subrahmon said the novel's bits on Hinduism were "very well written for a layman, especially a Westerner".

It is an accepted practice in countries such as Thailand for a layman to take monastic vows for the vassa period and then to return to lay life.

(In a rare tribute for a layman, Mr. Jobs's career was celebrated Thursday on the front page of the Vatican newspaper).

But, most unusual for a layman, he also had an impressive command of the most recent scholastic philosophy and of theology.

In its use among the Shīʿites, taqlid refers to the necessity for a layman to accept and follow the opinions of an expert in Islāmic law (mujtahid).

There is usually no way for a layman to discern the test in question or which doctor ordered it; all you see are a few numerical codes.

For a layman, it's difficult to imagine such significant leaps in speed in two years with a well-established class of boats.

At the time I didn't pay much attention, since it is hard for a layman to project how a proposed building will fit into the neighborhood.

How does one measure this but more importantly for a layman like myself is there an explanation of this which I might understand?

He took a further degree in theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, a step that was relatively unusual for a layman at the time.