Sentence examples for perfunctory inquiry from inspiring English sources
The office did not conduct more than a perfunctory inquiry.
Until the arraignment process and purpose are redefined to require more than a perfunctory inquiry into the validity of the charges and the background of the accused, the results bemoaned by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will continue to the detriment of all concerned.
His father, Henry B. Weaver, the official reporter for the House of Representatives, had served earlier as the government's reporter in the rather perfunctory Brownsville inquiry.
Given the volume of affidavits, even perfunctory research seems impossible.
None receive more than perfunctory treatment.
The process for deciding that the war was legal is described as "perfunctory" by the inquiry, while "no formal record was made of that decision, and the precise grounds on which it was made remains unclear".
Bainbridge's conceit is to carry the gossip into the next generation, with Queeney making perfunctory reply to written inquiries by Hawkins's daughter for yet another book on the Johnson circle.
The inquiry is critical of what it describes as a perfunctory exchange of letters between the attorney general's office and No 10 on 14 and 15 March in which Blair, at the request of the attorney general, gave his view that Saddam was not in compliance with UN.
The inquiry also heard how Dorrell thought the framework for the fledgling PCC, which was set up in 1991, was "vague", "perfunctory" and lacking in any "real sanctions".
