Sentence examples for competent if from inspiring English sources

SERVICE -- Competent if aloof.

These early scenes are competent if bloodless.

The score is competent if generic.

THE STAFF Competent, if reticent; the energeticchef-owner holds it all together.

Ms. Alexander's writing is generally fluid and competent, if sometimes stocked with pop-psych clichés.

Fellow workers remember her as cheerful and competent, if a little superior.

Smith is seen as cantankerous but at least competent (if not shrewd).

"There's no reason to make them discover how to be highly competent if we can teach them".

The whole score is played fervidly by a more than competent, if not flawless, five-piece onstage band.

Many poems made their debut on Van Rompuy's website, where critics pronounced them broadly competent, if uninspired and fairly literal.

Another study, published in 2009, claimed that people judged job applicants as more competent if they had a male voice.