The phrase "a competent official" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone in a position of authority or responsibility who is skilled and capable in their role.
Example: "The committee was pleased to appoint a competent official to oversee the new project and ensure its success."
Alternatives: "an able administrator" or "a qualified representative".
The appointment of a competent official with a solid track record and valuable foreign experience is, for now at least, a reassuring sign.
But those lawfully within the country, entitled to use the public highways, have a right to free passage without interruption or search unless there is known to a competent official, authorized to search, probable cause for believing that their vehicles are carrying contraband or illegal merchandise.
But those lawfully within the country, entitled to use the public highways, have a right to free passage without interruption or search unless there is known to a competent official authorized to search, probable cause for believing that their vehicles are carrying contraband or illegal merchandise.
He returned to England in April 1573, having established himself as a competent official whom the Queen and Cecil could trust.
As any competent official with a security clearance knows, you don't go around talking publicly or casually about who works at the CIA.
Once made pope, however, Urban, a devout and competent official, became a harsh and ill-tempered reformer.
Google says that it has already taken down "hundreds of pages" with images that obviously violate the court ruling, when Mr. Mosley has requested that it do so, but that there are many cases in which it is not immediately clear whether the content is affected by the ruling, and that in those cases a judge or other competent official should make the decision.
In lambasting the government's cack-handedness, the press has also helped foster the army's image as the only competent official provider of relief work.
President Gomez refused to turn out competent officials and has issued a decree forbidding officers on active duty from taking part in politics.
The appointment of competent officials and action on corruption – an arrest or two – would be a great start.
And it was a moment to appreciate our new knowledge of the importance of competent officials to any sport, as Bill Plaschke writes in The Los Angeles Times.
