Sentence examples for appearing competent from inspiring English sources

Without this, the government cannot achieve Nigel Lawson's objective of appearing competent.

Her former campaign strategist, Jean-Louis Bianco, has described her major weaknesses as "not appearing competent," and "improvisations that are difficult to manage".

Apart from manly chocolate bars, men are seen as wanting a quick fix or a short cut to appearing competent in front of women – take the Worcestershire sauce ads where various men have used it to jazz up cheese on toast or transform the bolognese they have cooked for a dinner party.

Put another way, splitting search by area allows the risk of a poor searcher appearing competent but working unchecked and a risk of coordinating search effort (Brennan et al., 2008).

Not only will it create a sense of loneliness for the individual midwife but midwives may seek to appear competent because they lack the trust and confidence to discuss their lack of competence with colleagues [ 18].

That calculation remains unconscious only if the state appears competent.

He just needs to appear competent, well-intentioned and reassuring.

Whoever ends up replacing Miliband needs to appear competent and have a world view.

Ryan Fitzpatrick appeared competent in relief, and the strong-armed Locker is not expected to need surgery.

Some experts say many seriously ill people who appear competent may actually have impaired abilities to make complicated medical decisions.

Having the baddies appear competent with bows and arrows only to hear them descend into bickering moments later was also a nice touch.