Sentence examples for be as competent from inspiring English sources

Now there is a dawning realisation that the British may not be as competent constitutionally as people thought".

There is absolutely no reason why British schoolchildren should not be as competent in a foreign language as their French, German and Dutch counterparts.

These advances in neuroscience suggest that there is no reason why your brain at 60 can't be as competent as it was at 25.

The National Defense Strategy paper issued by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates this summer bears the imprint of Petraeus's ideas about military doctrine, particularly his belief that the Army must organize itself to be as competent at stabilizing impoverished countries as it is at high-intensity combat.

Bradley: Innovation is an area that I am trying to be as competent in and as up to speed with as possible.

You're always going up against perceived superiors in these things, even though some postdocs may be as competent as any faculty member".

The first may agree women are "as competent as men" but the latter thinks competence looks "more like a tall man".

"It's very significant," he said, "because it shows our divers are as competent as anyone else.

Some donors, such as Saudi Arabia, are keen to ensure that the army is as competent as the militarily-superior Hizbullah.

Tillman says Bailey has long taken an interest in the business side of fashion and is "as competent with numbers as he is with design".

Cannon showed the American astronomy community that women are as competent at astronomy as men, and deserved equal rights and opportunities.