Sentence examples for had been competent from inspiring English sources
Presumably, at some point she had been competent enough to pass the usual exams.
She had been competent, punctual, and a good typist, and he had found only one thing in her that he could object to — her handwriting.
Spartak may have lost to Chelsea at home but they had been competent enough to win the two previous games in the group.
If any of the three officials on the field in the last qualifying match had been competent or even perceptive regarding Thierry Henry's blatant two-touch handball, then France might not be in the World Cup, and Ireland might be.
Gary Palmer, a member of Truro's board of selectmen, said that police officials had been competent in their handling of both the Worthington case and Mr. Manso's gun case.
To the state and federal judges who ruled against Mr. Holsey, this powerful additional evidence was simply redundant: It would not have changed the case's outcome even if his lawyer had been competent enough to present it at the initial trial.
For if his fiscal stewardship has been competent, his political manoeuvrings have been masterful.
But both Blair and Salmond are, or have been, competent Heads of Government as well.
The LSE's management has been competent, but it has also benefited lately from a bull market in shares.
In other areas foreign policy, Northern Ireland, law and order, say it has been competent but not particularly innovative.
