Sentence examples for had been proficient from inspiring English sources

As an insurance agent I had been proficient and tidy in filling out the forms but less good in tipping the customers into the plunge that would bring a commission.

While the IRA had been proficient in smuggling, robbery, and racketeering since the 1970s, the Celtic Tiger economic boom of the 1990s had prompted the IRA to diversify into more sophisticated business enterprises.

The cable added: "While the IRA had been proficient in smuggling, robbery, and racketeering since the 1970s, the Celtic Tiger economic boom of the 1990s had prompted the IRA to diversify into more sophisticated business enterprises.

He has been proficient at slicing and dicing them; Senegal, with a population of around 13m, has over 150 parties.

The Vikings have been proficient at stopping the run, but they have watched as the league has destroyed them through the air.

As the Yankees have motored to the best record in the major leagues, they have been proficient at ending games in style.

I've been proficient in English since I was 16, but coming to the UK, going to university here, and talking to English people, has improved my accent and pronunciation.

According to a sign on the wall, "Boys as young as 8 or 9 would have been proficient in the use of all the tools dislayed here and would have been responsible for many carpentry repairs in their homes".

With the exception of that loss to Syracuse on Sept. 23, Princeton (20-1) has been proficient all season, posting eight shutouts and the best goals-against average in the nation (0.95).

Shankardass and Dunn [ 41] have recently argued that social epidemiology has been proficient in describing patterns in neighbourhood inequalities but has been less capable at fostering an understanding of how these effects relate to the social mechanisms of causation.

Examiners sometime express concern that they feel less confident in assessing these stations, because of a relative lack of experience in contrast to the 'examination' stations, which assess skills which they all use and assess on a daily basis, and in which they have been proficient for many years.