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"It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife" I said after a cursory inspection.

What I offer below is just a cursory glance at some of the more important WSFL concepts.

This then is something of a cursory view of the direction taken by contemporary quantum field theory.

This post is going to attempt to help you figure out how to analyze them, at least at a cursory level.

Mrs. Charmond fell into a meditation , and replied abstractedly to a cursory remark of her companion's.

Any discussion of system security would be incomplete without at least a cursory word or two on the topic of passwords.

I've only had time to give it a cursory examination, but it's clearly a deep and complex set of software.

Someone offered a cursory explanation of the rules, and I duly proceeded to come fourth out of four players.

Only the cursory mention is made of those statistical approaches that have been fully dealt with elsewhere.

The white cloth, the ancient "Shu can cursory airtight, " said the more the "black-white when" on.

A cursory tour of the archipelago reveals that each island has its own unique form of architecture.

Even a cursory glance at the results in England and Spain over the past few days would provide evidence of this.

She accepted these terms, and slid off on the near side, though not till he had stolen a cursory kiss. He sprang down on the other side.

Even when she gave him a rather cursory explanation of what she intended, the former innkeeper refused to depart.

And yet the S. E. C. 's cursory investigation of Mr. Madoff pronounced him free of fraud.

The material covered in this installment has provided only a cursory glance at the basic implementation of the message bus pattern.

A tactical commander facing a snap decision might only have time to ask the odd cursory question.

A naked CON steps before a DOCTOR and gets a cursory exam. A penlight is shined in his eyes, ears, nose, and throat.

This option may be necessary to uncover corruption that's not obvious in a cursory examination.

Hiring managers often just give resumes a cursory glance before deciding if the applicant deserves to be added to the "maybe" pile.

All this is clear enough from economic statistics , and from the most cursory look at the money management industry .

A cursory glance over the statistics for the top business schools shows that 60 per cent or more of the admitted class are male.

The bank will do an appraisal , but it will be a cursory one .

He booked the domain name in 2004, after a cursory Google search revealed many people were just as mad about Moleskines as he was.

End into a false negative, as in a dream, like cursory.

So, while each segment may appear different from the others at a cursory glance, they all really lead back to the self-same starting centre.

Had a kind of such mentality, the man can appear cursory when make love, like seeming to drive the train.

In practice, many of these companies appear to make only the most cursory examination of potential synergies .

Unfortunately, due to the time reason, we can only be a cursory looking at flowers.

But even a cursory tour will make you start to think differently about what's possible in search, and show up some of Google's shortcomings.

Readers with only a cursory acquaintance with the Madoff scandal will find it an entertaining summary.

EVEN a cursory glance at Saturn's moon Iapetus reveals it to be an oddball.

Second, corporate information is heavily skewed towards investors, with other elements getting cursory attention.

Long, cursory big jump in its tail to help maintain balance.

a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws; a passing glance; perfunctory courtesy.

A cursory Amazon check revealed a hundred or more radar detectors on the market by a dozen or more manufacturers.

The only industry mentioned is agriculture and it is discussed in a cursory sentence.

Review articles and book chapters that discuss sports-related dermatoses are too general and often offer only cursory information.

These were just two opportunities for improvement we found in a cursory review of the campaign.

Therefore, in business activities, note cursory is a important guarantee of smooth business activities.

Knowing about that resource includes a cursory calculation of its quantity.

Most would now rather send a cursory text message saying 'I Luv U' rather than compose a heartfelt letter or poem, the National Trust found.

A cursory look could lead you to believe the code was well tested.

This technique requires that you keep a cursory "fun journal" on a calendar.

A cursory reading of Luther's actual letter, however, reveals his complete opposition to Bell's line of reasoning.

It is an autograph the contract is not non-standard, complete, simple and cursory.

The inverted sequence showed that only a cursory examination had taken place.

Some of the guests have also gone through cursory background checks.

To the short-sellers, a cursory inspection of various indicators makes it "obvious" that China is a giant bubble.

Even a cursory glance at medical journals shows that once heralded studies keep falling by the wayside.

A cursory glance at contemporary psychology reveals startling diversity.

Police give a cursory check of passports or identity cards before boarding, and otherwise give no further interference.

casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws.

You may think that you're giving your plants what they need, when in reality you're giving them only a cursory and ineffective shower.

As a cursory glance at Exhibit 3 reveals, there are very few deep value opportunities in global markets currently.

Even a cursory trip to Seoul reveals that very few South Koreans have much stomach for reunification.

If they've brought up their children or family, cursory and positive questions about that topic are fair, too.

Take leaf miners as an example, I found about 10 plant species with leaf mines even through cursory observation.

A cursory inspection of the house failed to revealits structural flaws.

Messages from anyone else are either deleted unread or given a cursory glance and then ignored.

Indeed, your resume itself may get no more than a cursory glance.

Even a cursory glance at Google suggests that hours worked are also a likely factor.

Every time you install a new plug-in, you should take a cursory glance at the implementation.

Any one who has a cursory knowledge of literary language can see the difference between literal usage and figurative (or allegorical) one.

Note: This article assumes the reader has a cursory knowledge of the WS-RM and WS-Polling specifications.

Now he has chosen as his running mate, on the basis of the most cursory vetting, a first-term governor of Alaska.

Finally, the process by which multimarket competition affects interfirm rivalry has received only cursory attention in extant literature.

But it is obvious to even the most cursory observer that education drives China.

In the mountains above town Mr Hisadi, the rebel commander, is offering cursory drills to fresh recruits.

Inside is also a lot of advertisers, a cursory inspection, it is also almost thousands of bar.

The cursory provisions are still difficult to operate in practice.

After a cursory search on Kayak, I didn't see any opaque, alliance-oriented offerings from Vayama or anyone else.

In the worst cases, term sheets barely covered an A4 sheet of paper and due diligence was often cursory.

My hands were full, so I just gave the book a cursory reading.

In recent years, about 95 per cent of projects submitted for environmental clearance were approved by the government after a cursory review.

He had given the report a cursory reading.

I mean, a few tears, a cursory hug?

To my cursory inspection, the MG7's build quality looks fine, too.

If you're like me, the first thing you'll do is take a look at the site and make some cursory mental notes.

Even a cursory look at Mr. Weschler's investments reveals his idol's influence.

A lot of art and pop culture from today seems very cursory and superficial.

Any cursory review of this issue has to conclude that we have to change welfare as we know it .

This is a cursory introduction only: For more information, see Resources.

There is a missing forepaw cursory, there are acute water and waves back.

Brian: We've only had time to give them a cursory look, but I think we have a grasp on what the changes will be.

My hands were full, so Igave the book a cursory reading.

A cursory look at several recent polls shows that too often they are travesties.

It is a review of the book, but also a review (though in a much more cursory fashion) of the changes in Perl since version 5. 003.

It's modern. It's in English and I'm assuming the author has a cursory knowledge of the city.

dip into(a book, etc. ); consult (a book, etc. ) in a rapid or cursory manner

A Cursory Analysis of Cross-cultural Pragmatic Differences in Everyday Politeness Expressions between English and Chinese

A few cursory lines noting that inequality has been growing, but the government is now acting to redress it;

Cursory Comments on World History Subject Construction, World History Ideology and World History System

A Cursory Review Concerning Bottom Diameter Progressive Increment of Flat Sizing Roll of Straight Weld Pipe Mill

Cursory Examination on English Onomatopoeia

A Cursory Review of Pushing Force Calculation of Push Bench Pipe Mill

even a cursory reading of the letter showed many errors

You are the left eye, I am the right eye, we together looked the bustling place is cursory;

a cursory glance at the headline