Sentence examples for perfunctory review from inspiring English sources

But the arrangement has received far more scrutiny in Washington than the perfunctory review the companies expected, largely prompted by the opposition of rival media companies, especially the Walt Disney Company.

"Even a perfunctory review of the wiretap applications amply demonstrates the immense detail documenting gun-walking tactics that should have prompted senior officials in the Criminal Division to shut down the program immediately," Mr. Issa wrote in the letter to Mr. Holder, which his office made public.

Augustus C. Agate, the judge who signed the order five hours after the petition was filed, said through a spokesman that he conducted a "perfunctory" review of the first six pages of the filing, a level of scrutiny he believed was normal for the court's emergency section.

Justice Stevens criticized the Georgia Supreme Court for conducting "an utterly perfunctory review" in the case of Artemus R. Walker, who had been convicted of luring a man from his home, killing him for money and then trying to break into the home, where the man's wife and daughter were.

Congress initially allowed many of the Class III products to receive perfunctory reviews if they were determined to be nearly identical to devices already on the market in 1976 when the rules were changed.

I am wary of mommy bloggers who do nothing than churn out perfunctory reviews of "great products," regurgitating product information companies post on their websites and assuring their followers that every product they promote is "great".

Hence the biased reviews, the inexplicably delayed perfunctory reviews, the pedantic reviews making a huge deal of minor quibbles, and other kinds of unfair and upsetting reviews that we all dread reading but, unfortunately, may even find ourselves writing.

And a perfunctory critique of Disney World?

Most of the time, the meeting is perfunctory: a quick review of the TV basics, like the standard practice of having five commercials a quarter.

Much of the review is perfunctory, but there are numerous nuances to N.F.L. timing that the average fan would not notice.

Often the reviews were "perfunctory".