But several, like Mr. Dorn, possessed few qualifications and seemed to have only a vague understanding of their duties.
Many only had a "vague understanding" of farming and were increasingly suspicious of it, the heir to the throne said.
But I knew that, like me, he had only a vague understanding of what that meant: money, who had it and who didn't.
"They have only a vague understanding of what farming is or does; and, as outsiders looking in, they are increasingly suspicious of it.
I realized that I had only a vague understanding of what any of the positions were, and I'm sure that came through during the interviews.
Many people in black neighborhoods had not heard about Google Fiber, and many who knew only had a vague understanding of it.
After growing up near Haverford, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where his father was a noted ophthalmologist, Mr. Laibson went to Harvard with only a vague understanding of economics.
There was a vague understanding that de Man had had a complicated war, but it was assumed that this was because of his antipathy to the German occupiers, not, as it now appeared, the other way around.
Of the twins, Pershing had been Muriel's favorite, her real big brother, but she didn't recognize him anymore, and when she considered his behavior, she came to a vague understanding that he meant to drink himself to death.
As I sit, worrying silently beneath the inscrutable scrutiny of my dentist, I have a vague understanding that things may have changed since my last visit to the chair.
