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"knowing very little" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe how much one knows or understands about a particular thing, usually in comparison to others. Example sentence: With a limited understanding of the complex financial process, she entered the negotiation process knowing very little.
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Thus, there is a great difference between purchasing a chair from a cabinetmaker and a medical appointment – the cabinetmaker knows how to make the chair that the client desires, but the doctor has every chance of knowing very little about how to treat the patient or even being unable to do so.
The probable independent candidate, Ross Perot, knowing very little about the subject, had little to say.
– rbartizek, Pennsylvania We had no difficulty with the language despite knowing very little French.
Her hostess knowing very little Persian, finds it difficult to entertain her.
At best, she will be accused of knowing very little and being relatively unconcerned about finding out.
In 2001, the Americans arrived in Afghanistan knowing very little about the place and badly in need of friends.
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Well, I must confess to knowing very, very little about the England selection process, but well-worn argument usually centres on the fact that those three clearly have some kind of class and style that suits Test cricket and that each of them always has a match-winning innings in them, or two.
Like the women who do bikini waxes, I end up knowing everything about my clients' personal lives, while they know very little about mine.
But knowing this makes very little difference.
Over the years, I have developed great skepticism toward so-called experts and pontificators who seem authoritative in forecasting and create an illusion of knowing based on very little actual expertise.
When asked if these images ever feel exploitative, Stanton told The Huffington Post that leaving Europe knowing there was very little he could do was extremely difficult.
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