| Anyone with even the most perfunctory interest in classical music will have their own favourite Mozart piece. |
| We have sat through a showcase of set speeches by shadow ministers, but only perfunctory contributions have been allowed from the floor. |
| Friday's rain-lashed practice session was no more than a few perfunctory laps to give the spectators something to watch. |
| The room was perfunctory, with a bed and wardrobe, and behind a privacy screen lay a simple bathroom. |
| The relentlessness of the jokes grows wearisome, and the ending is perfunctory and trite. |
| Arliss's direction does often appear perfunctory, and his actors remembered him as a rather cold, distant figure. |
