Sentence examples for been competent in from inspiring English sources

Gary Palmer, a member of Truro's board of selectmen, said that police officials had been competent in their handling of both the Worthington case and Mr. Manso's gun case.

Hughes may have been competent in her post as a "communications officer" (she managed to win two presidential elections for Bush), but her failure at this job, and to an extent, that of her predecessors, Margaret Tutwiler, and Charlotte Beers, demonstrates that just hiring somebody who is talented at messaging and communications isn't enough.

The expectations of the postgraduate training of doctor are that residents are competent in the six core competencies.

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Let them be competent in somebody else's stewardship.

This is the only one of the four I am competent in.

The proviso has to be, of course, that they are competent in government.

When they have learnt this, the teacher adds a new posture when he or she feels you have memorised the sequence so far and you are competent (in so far as you can ever be competent) in it.

The country needs a party which is competent in office but also committed to fighting prejudice and entrenched privilege.

"People have trouble understanding the fact that someone can be competent in two different areas," he said.

Some 52 per cent of five-year-olds were competent in all areas – a three-percentage-point rise from last year.