"Good day," Fernao said in Yaninan, of which' he'd picked up a fair smattering since getting stuck in these parts.

We wanted to be sure that the film included a fair smattering of theories and opinions.

The Mirror's readers, the editor said, include a "fair smattering of people all the way up" the social scale.

It's a slick, trendy place that draws a fair smattering of Kyoto's beautiful people, and wannabe beautiful people.

Men like Mills and Quintal and Williams have a fair smattering of the Indian tongue, but they will never be able to speak it well.

A mixture of upfront honesty and nervous shyness, countering a bizarre and awkward situation with a fair smattering of the linguistic humour that makes Carter's recorded work so appealing and entertaining.

Denise had a surprising number of books, Raphael saw, and they ranged from light fiction to philosophy with a fair smattering of poetry thrown in.

Sheer dogged determination, plus a fair smattering of good luck, brought him to your door.

Omi sighed contentedly as she looked around the room which had a fair smattering of elderly ladies, like herself having a Sunday morning treat.

There may be no better illustration of the richness of New York politics than the fact that Mr. Farrell has mastered a fair smattering of Yiddish.