Sentence examples for competence would be from inspiring English sources

M Drachet: But if we tried something new and it proved better, why our reputation for competence would be in tatters – you laugh sir?

Although she told me that my global competence would be better honed in Bangalore, India, she echoed my feelings about its necessity in the future world of work.

HarperCollins paid a small fortune for Heresy, and in some ways its competence would be unremarkable were it not allied to such an obvious fascination with the nature of genre writing.

But colleagues and family members -- including his former wife -- argue that using those snapshots of his life and career to create a portrait of his character and competence would be a mistake.

Even competence would be welcome when it comes to the hapless Stepmother (Céline Galli), who Mr. Preljocaj appears to consider a central character while offering her little more than the opportunity to strut and posture in dominatrix heels.

His assertion during the Maastricht debates that John Major, the then prime minister, was over-promoted and unfit to govern – "his ideal level of political competence would be deputy chief whip or something of that standing" – was denounced in loyalist Tory ranks as pure snobbery.

In fact, a framework of competences would be based on the cycle of information science and the competent adoption open science instruments (open access, open data, open innovation).

Third, the coalition has agreed "to amend the 1972 European Communities Act so that any proposed future treaty that transferred areas of power, or competences, would be subject to a referendum on that treaty – a 'referendum lock'".

We agree that we will amend the 1972 European Communities Act so that any proposed future treaty that transferred areas of power, or competences, would be subject to a referendum on that treaty – a "referendum lock".

Any fundamental altering or mingling of those competences would be very detrimental to the future of our work.

This suggests that some of the key signals from somatic origin involved in oocyte developmental competence acquisition would be shared, not only by vertebrates, but also by metazoans.