Sentence examples for competent of deciding from inspiring English sources

Women are adult human beings who are perfectly competent of deciding what happens to their bodies.

We are all competent and capable of deciding whether and when to avail ourselves of this ­ marvellous possibility".

The protesters counter that their Czech counterparts are not competent to handle the delicate matter of deciding what to do with the discovered remains.

In that case, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan stopped short of deciding that Redstone was mentally competent.

"Neither France nor Spain, although the original contracting partners, were competent to decide the meaning of their own contract," Henry Adams observed.

It must have seemed like 26 years to Johnny Longden, who trains him... It's always been my opinion that there is only one man competent to decide the nature of a horse's preparation-and that is the trainer.

For Plato, democracy suffered from the basic defect of putting decision-making in the hands of people who were not competent to decide.

Prosecutors also have what Ms. Klausner called the unlikely option of deciding that the boy is incompetent to stand trial, detaining him in a psychiatric facility until he is deemed competent, and then trying him as an adult.

The State Supreme Court upheld yesterday a lower court ruling that found a convicted serial killer, Michael Bruce Ross, competent to decide to forgo further appeals of his death sentence.

Age limits for children to be deemed competent to decide on research participation were estimated: children of 11.2 years and above generally appeared to be competent, while children of 9.6 years and younger were not.

Although sample-size was small (N = 17) and conclusions premature, all participating children above the age of 12 years were judged to be competent to decide on this treatment option.