Sentence examples for a competent man from inspiring English sources

James Murdoch, the chief's son, is a competent man who ran BSkyB well.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, who appointed Karimov in 1989, told the Interfax news agency that Karimov was "a competent man with a strong character".

The president nonetheless endorsed Mr. Woerth as an "honest man, a competent man" and said he would stay on as labor minister to oversee an ambitious overhaul of the state pension system.

The kind that makes you think, once again, that you'd have better luck finding a Mensa member in the Kardashian family than you would a competent man in cricket administration.

In a live interview from the cozy terrace of the Élysée Palace, Mr. Sarkozy defended Mr. Woerth as an "honest man, a competent man," and said he would remain as labor minister to guide a major pension overhaul that will be voted on in October.

All the Republicans had to do, argued Mr Kristol, was to nominate "a real leader: a workhorse not a show horse; a steady hand not a flip-flopper; a profile in courage not in cleverness; a competent man or woman with strength and confidence in defence of liberty at home and abroad".Mr Obama can now claim to be such a man.

"He was a wonderful athlete and he is a competent man".

Americans must like the idea that, as out of control as our hubristic science might become, a good machete and a 12 gauge in the hands of a competent man or woman can always save the day.