Sentence examples for capable officials from inspiring English sources

In Sierra Leone and Liberia, health ministers have been replaced with more capable officials.

When I was in Yemen, I found many extremely capable officials in law enforcement and intelligence who were dedicated to stopping Al Qaeda.

Education and civil service examinations were used as a means of selecting the most capable officials and of absorbing the provincial magnates into the central government to consolidate its control over the countryside.

In 1058 Wang submitted to the Song emperor Rensong his "Ten Thousand Word Memorial," which contained rudiments of his later policies and political theories; no action was taken on his proposals, which were aimed at the bureaucracy Wang asserted that more capable officials with skills suited for their duties should be trained and recruited.

The editor said he thought Ali Jannati was a capable official.

When Alan Hevesi was elected state comptroller, in 2003, he was widely thought to be an honest and capable official.

But to achieve the stability that the United States wants in the Philippines means helping the country forge a more capable military, officials said.

In fact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam misinterpreted the lack of attacks in Bến Tre, while other provinces were being ravaged, as proof that Thảo was one of the few capable government officials in the Mekong Delta.

NATO and the UN were warned well in advance that the election would be rigged, yet their synthetic fury and that of the western media led to the sacking of a capable UN official.

Quite simply, Russia lacks institutions and officials capable of applying large quantities of money honestly and efficiently.

Its central element would be a small team of American, Israeli and Palestinian officials capable of around-the-clock monitoring of the cease-fire.