Yet he had a fine grasp of the principle described.

A pause: the speaker, though absent from our midst, has a fine grasp of the audience.

"You show a fine grasp of diplomacy in your old age," she told him.

You show a fine grasp of reality for such a young man.

But no, Karpov had not suddenly lost his fine grasp of chess strategy or tactics.

"You have a fine grasp of psychology," she said.

You seem to have a fine grasp of mercantile affairs.

And the one with the finest grasp of protocol as well, the proconsul reflected.

As Bill Clinton did in 1992, he seems to have a fine grasp on why so many voters are turned off by his party.

He had a fine grasp of infinitesimal distinctions, this one.