Sentence examples for has been astute from inspiring English sources

The family has been astute at handling its wealth.

"But Magna has been astute politically, and politics could determine who wins".

Some of his actions, such as screening gay pornography to his congregants, look clownish and self-publicising, but Mr Ssempa has been astute in targeting students at Makerere, Uganda's best university.

Indeed, Miliband's courage in standing up to vested interests has been remarkable, and his analysis of the issues at stake – in what will truly be a watershed election – has been astute.

After overplaying his hand at the start of the crisis the mayor has seen the situation swing back in his favour, and while several mutineers have expressed their support for him he has been astute enough to distance himself from them.

Smith's captaincy has been astute and bold.

Increasingly, ethnoecologists, anthropologists, and conservation biologists are recognizing that Indigenous People of the Northwest Coast and neighboring regions have been astute stewards and managers not just harvesters and consumers of the resources and ecosystems on which they have relied.

Atlético Madrid have been stripped of some prized assets again this summer but they have been astute in the transfer window, replacing Mario Mandzukic with former Porto captain Jackson Martínez.

He had been astute both in allaying the European settlers' fears that an African regime would unfairly disregard their interests and in quelling the factionalism prevalent in large sections of the country's African population.

It was as if Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey had been astute observers stationed in both my childhood and adult households, and had written the show I would have had I possessed their talent.

Gérôme may have been astute, but he may equally have been joking at Rousseau's expense - though we should be just as suspicious of Rousseau's supposed innocence and naivety, as a man if not as a painter.