"Although Dino was bowled over by her looks, he doubted if she could acquire a sufficient command of English before shooting began".
If these patients are also 18 years or older, have a diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and have sufficient command of Dutch, they will be given the informed consent letter by their treating gastroenterologist.
While I did not come back that first year with more than a few phrases, subsequent visits (including a further nine consecutive harvests at the same farm) have given me sufficient command of French to work in a bi-national environment.
For the ROM-assessment, parents needed to have sufficient command of the Dutch language.
The participant must have sufficient command of the Dutch language to fill in questionnaires.
Women who did not have sufficient command of English to complete the questionnaires or benefit from an individual talking therapy without an interpreter were also excluded due to the small scale of the pilot trial.
Also, patients who do not have sufficient command of the Dutch language to fill in the questionnaires and patients who are pregnant will be excluded, as well as patients with a legal involvement against their employer, e.g. due to a conflict at work.
Additional eligibility criteria for patient recruitment were aged 18 years or older, having sufficient command of German, being in a physical and mental condition that allowed the patient to complete the questionnaires.
In addition, to be sure that participants were able to fully understand and answer the questions, they were only included when they had a Mini Mental State Examination-score (MMSE) [ 23] of 18 or higher (out of 30 points), and when they had sufficient command of the Dutch language.
