Sentence examples for as a competent player from inspiring English sources

After the Danes' refusal last September to adopt Europe's single currency, the Swedes are unlikely to seek to join it soon, though Mr Persson has ended his years of hesitation by saying he is in favour of doing so in principle".The most important thing for me is that our presidency is regarded as professional and that we are seen as a competent player in the EU," says Mr Persson.

Being a competent player marks you as a valuable person to have in the game — people on your team will want you on their team again and people playing against you will (usually) respect your ability.

Splitter, a competent player on both ends with real size, remains the conventional choice to receive the most minutes as the Spurs near and then enter the playoffs.

It was nice to hear Mr. Frank at 82 still such a competent player.

The man he ranks closest to so far is Byron Leftwich – a competent player, but one who would go on to work more seasons as a backup than as a starter.

The headmaster, Brother Aidan O'Keefe, was a competent player and invested time into training Lindwall.

He fancied himself as a competent chess player; in 1858, in one of the most famous defeats in the history of the game, he lost to the American prodigy Paul Morphy who gave a virtuoso attacking performance in the duke's private box at the Paris Opera.

I feel like I'm a very competent player.

"Global science needs as many competent players as possible to address the thorny problems of health and the environment, and to make accurate statements on issues ranging from world climatic change to species endangerment and antibiotic-resistant organisms," wrote Samuel J. Coleman, author of "Japanese Science: From the Inside," (Routledge, 1999) in a recent essay.

"He was a competent bass player," Mr. Eli recalled.

He also was a fan of horse-racing, a competent poker player and an omnivorous reader.