Sentence examples for and this competent from inspiring English sources

And this competent craftsman may be too worldly and too practical to do the "imaginative" bits that sometimes help make the reputations of "artist" directors.

Mr. Norton doubles as actor and director in this competent comedy with a premise that's both high concept and the punchline to a barroom joke: a priest (Mr. Norton) and a rabbi (Mr. Stiller) fall in love with a woman (Ms. Elfman) they've known since they were children.

Mr. Norton doubles as actor and director in this competent comedy with a premise that's both high concept and the punch line to a barroom joke: a priest (Mr. Norton) and a rabbi (Mr. Stiller) fall in love with a woman (Ms. Elfman) they've known since they were children.

"A to Z," 9 30 p.m. ET Thursday, NBC: Ben Feldman and Cristin Milioti are good actors and undeniably adorable together in this competent pilot, so I'm hoping this high-concept comedy will turn out to be one of the new season's few comedy keepers.

The sound is at once terrible to the ear — like a nose breaking or a girlfriend sobbing — and clean and competent: at this hospital in Dillon, Tex., the E.M.T.'s evidently know how to steady a bone saw to split open a helmet, carefully but unsentimentally, so as not to exacerbate a skull fracture or a spine injury.

Mahon et al. (1996) argued that, because children are perceived as vulnerable and not competent, this justifies the use of proxies as children's representatives to articulate their issues (Mahon et al. 1996, p. 145).

It's refreshing to get a new IP rather than a sequel or re-release, and this is a competent game with a few great moments.

"Clearly he feels the issue is serious enough and this group is competent enough that maybe we can get some fresh input to guide what we should do," Mr. Carrier said.

Politically, he said, the loss of this "devoted and competent" public servant would be a loss for the French left, also the entire world.

At best, this antiseptic and extremely competent album is country by the numbers.

Nevertheless, HPLC, with its advanced, reliable column- and detector-technologies, will remain the central analytical tool for pharmaceutical and TCHM industries for a long time to come, and scientists competent in this analytical tool will continue to be sought after as Asia modernizes and upgrades its TCHM industries.