Sentence examples for passing acquaintance with from inspiring English sources

Or else those with a passing acquaintance with Buddhism, psychoanalysis or Daoism.

Different bottles, one would hope, to get at least a passing acquaintance with different wines.

This suggests to me more than a passing acquaintance with online gaming.

Has a passing acquaintance with people who do things and loves the theatre.

A passing acquaintance with, and enthusiastic vocal suppport for, management theory was obligatory for preferment.

Yet something more than a typographical error jumped out to those with more than a passing acquaintance with Net history.

And yet anyone with a passing acquaintance with The Beatles or McCartney knows that he plays his instrument with his left hand.

In a highly unanticipated development, which could only have been predicted by anyone with a passing acquaintance with pop culture, the Brexit concert is in crisis.

"The Missing World" was inspired by a magazine article and by a passing acquaintance with someone who had experienced a memory loss.

Ms. Smit, 35, made no secret of a passing acquaintance with Mr. Bruinsma, but she had contended that her contact with the handsome criminal was "superficial".

Anyone with a passing acquaintance with the overnight ratings, though, might take issue with Hincks's claim that Big Brother in the UK is "resurgent".