Sentence examples for fair command of from inspiring English sources

He has a fair command of the language, unlike some deportees who arrived with no knowledge of Khmer.

He had a fair command of English, provided the other party to the conversation didn't talk too fast.

Li Shanlin, a dapper 80-year-old professor of mathematics and physics in English tweeds and with a fair command of English, will tell the story of his restaurant with minimal prompting.

This week her colleagues in the four-party cabinet, which rarely deals with education, cautiously backed her idea that all Swiss children should have a fair command of three languages, including two of the country's own.But the language war has barely begun.

Despite having low keyboarding skills in English, they also have a fair command of knowledge and practice of general Web 2.0 tools for daily life, but not for educational purposes.

I have noticed that he has a fair command of most of what a 9-year-old needs to use a computer.

She has a seven-figure salary from Vanity Fair and commands tens of thousands of dollars a day from commercial clients like Louis Vuitton.

Following a meeting between the Commanding Officer of the Light Dragoons (Lt Col Fair) and Commanding Officer of 28 Engineer Regiment (Lt Col MTG Bazeley) it was decided that a new and easier to protect road would be constructed by the Royal Engineers.

They proudly sang Advance Australia Fair, many shaming the locals with their command of that elusive second verse.

It could have done so much more to enable the construction of a fairer electoral system for the Commons when its command of the political agenda was stronger.

By the age of twenty Lie had a good command of Sundanese and Malay; he also spoke fair Dutch, a rarity for ethnic Chinese at the time.