Sentence examples for competent players from inspiring English sources

Oddly, unlike most bands of the era, the line-up came about not by replacing the least competent players, but the most capable.

Because of injuries last season, less competent players were forced to step into the roles Miller and Udonis Haslem were supposed to fill.

As released, the game simply does not allow competent players to manage their empires with the level of fine, granular control they have become accustomed to.

After nearly a season and a half in which Tebow and Harvin appeared to be the only competent players in the Gators' offense, they finally got some help Saturday night.

When the game becomes about effort over ability, it becomes unrecognizable — a shocking mixture of broken plays and flailing limbs and usually competent players panicking and throwing the ball out of bounds.

"Global science needs as many competent players as possible to address the thorny problems of health and the environment, and to make accurate statements on issues ranging from world climatic change to species endangerment and antibiotic-resistant organisms," wrote Samuel J. Coleman, author of "Japanese Science: From the Inside," (Routledge, 1999) in a recent essay.

It was nice to hear Mr. Frank at 82 still such a competent player.

Splitter, a competent player on both ends with real size, remains the conventional choice to receive the most minutes as the Spurs near and then enter the playoffs.

Highly rated enough to be linked with Chelsea while coming through at Mallorca, and a competent player in La Liga until his move to Teesside last summer, Nsue seemed at one point to be on track for a more exalted stage.

The man he ranks closest to so far is Byron Leftwich – a competent player, but one who would go on to work more seasons as a backup than as a starter.

General Manager Sandy Alderson made it clear that the Mets found it preferable to hold onto a competent player like Scott Hairston, even if he had some trade value, because every victory mattered in the effort to restore credibility to the franchise.