Sentence examples for in the hands of a capable from inspiring English sources

Well, they aren't, not in the hands of a capable cook.

And they are worth considerably more in the hands of a capable beekeeper who can maintain them season after season.

Almost five centuries after embarking on his world-changing voyage, he emerges here in the hands of a capable biographer who is simultaneously attracted and repelled by his excesses.

The recycled chairman foresaw his most pressing task to be that of reorganizing the Department's supporting staff and placing the reins of management in the hands of a capable (if not super-human) laboratory business officer; the latter objective was achieved in the appointment of Mitsuru "Mitch Ikutaa.

On visiting a spa, he is painted a delicate shade of green by an expert masseuse and wrapped in foil and linen, an experience which felt like "being a steamed Chilean sea bass in the hands of a capable sous-chef".

Her last act was to secure the Protestant succession by placing the lord treasurer's staff in the hands of a capable moderate, Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury, who presided over the peaceful accession of the Hanoverian prince George Louis (King George I, 1714 27).

The Manhattan School of Music production is in the hands of Christopher Mattaliano, a capable director, and the French conductor Laurent Pillot.

But the Olive Ridley turtle was lucky enough to find itself in the hands of some capable researchers on a beach in Costa Rica. .

In the hands of this capable group it should be a mellow classical evening.

At best that idea is open to abuse in the hands of less capable leaders.

Mr. Wendt, however, was as upbeat as ever in the announcement of the management change: "Our day-to-day operations are in the hands of strong, capable leaders.