Sentence examples for competent to answer from inspiring English sources
"That's not really a question I feel competent to answer.
Stewart Wallis, director of the New Economics Foundation, professed only to having a couple of pensions knocking around somewhere, and though Oliver James, whose book Affluenza sold over 75,000 copies in its first edition, considered himself "not competent to answer" the question of whether he himself had any stocks or shares.
As we saw above, Benson explicates the notion of self-worth as in part a requirement of "regarding oneself as being competent to answer for one's conduct" (Benson 1994, 660).
In Benson's terms, she may "regard herself as being competent to answer for her conduct in the light of normative demands that, from her point of view, others might appropriately apply to her actions".
In one sense, she may lack a sense of self-worth; but on Benson's notion of the self-worth required for free agency, she may exhibit self-worth because, with respect to the norms she believes to be applicable to her, she may regard herself as competent to answer for her actions in terms of those norms.
The specific so-called minor illnesses and complaints which students 'mastered' in general practice contributed to their sense of professional identity as they became increasingly competent to answer the various questions patients asked them.
Viewed most charitably, the panel's decision to duck the tough questions may have a positive effect: it demonstrated that the question of who pays and who benefits is so explosive in this state that even a group of highly competent and experienced citizens declined to answer the hard questions.
It is high time to separate mere teleservice operators from individuals qualified and certified to answer sophisticated financial questions and provide competent advice.
