Sentence examples for competent in front of from inspiring English sources
Apart from manly chocolate bars, men are seen as wanting a quick fix or a short cut to appearing competent in front of women – take the Worcestershire sauce ads where various men have used it to jazz up cheese on toast or transform the bolognese they have cooked for a dinner party.
In presentations, "mistakes" can be edited out and avoided, but the audience's expectations of eloquence and organization are higher, and the pressure to appear competent in front of the public may limit the speaker's willingness to fully engage with the audience, by answering questions, for example.
The law allows physicians to prescribe--but not administer--lethal doses of drugs for patients who have less than six months to live, are deemed mentally competent, and choose death voluntarily in front of witnesses.
When you hire, what are you looking for and what do you typically ask? A. When I'm interviewing for senior positions, I'm accepting the fact that they're technically competent before they ever get in front of me.
We'll use the Internet to put a full slate of competent, experienced and incorruptible leaders in front of America -- in a way that will allow millions to provide effective support to them.
Donald Runnicles and his pit orchestra sounded competent but not wholly convinced of what was happening in front of them.
Still the doctor who set the leg did not do a competent job, and a 10-year-old with his life in front of him would have had to live with that poor technique for the rest of his life.
It's difficult not to notice, when standing in front of Ms. Brown's paintings, that she is merely a competent painter rather than a great one.
He stands in front of contestant Emelia Jackson, one of the show's most confident and competent cooks, pierces her with a stare, lifts her bowl of Lobster ravioli, inhales and walks away.
After all, we had the scores in front of us: not even 18percentt of the school's fourth graders were competent readers.
