Sentence examples for had mastery of from inspiring English sources

He rightly pointed to the end of the full-blown confrontation between well-marshalled rebel forces and a Sudanese army that had mastery of the skies and could bomb the recalcitrant rebel villages at will.

My nan afterwards brushed off the significance of her achievement: it was almost as if she was stepping back into a younger version of herself, one where she had mastery of the situation.

Translated and adapted items were then back-translated by a local native who had lived in the United States and so had mastery of both languages and contextual knowledge.

Children were eligible for inclusion in this study if they were between 1 and 4 years of age and if their parents had mastery of the Dutch language.

Different labs have mastery of different techniques.

Every master parodist must have mastery of the art under attack.

In the 1980s Soviet aircraft were shot down with American-made Stinger missiles; today NATO has mastery of the skies.

We did not have mastery of the terrain, the language, the culture; there was an open debate about what we wanted.

Now that the group has mastery of the south, there is an obvious temptation to feel a strong sense of autonomy.

In Vietnam America lost hundreds of aircraft and about 55,000 soldiers; in Afghanistan America has mastery of the skies and has suffered about 850 dead (one-fifth the losses in Iraq).

Applicants should have mastery of Stata.