Sentence examples for make competent from inspiring English sources

"We have proven that we can take a child with low test scores and G.P.A.'s and make competent citizens out of them," Dr. Ponder said.

But what, if by design, it never comes and all he does is shuffle the ball along, make competent kicks out of hand and at re-starts - and no more than that?

Mr. Jiang said that while Mr. Zhang and other successful Chinese directors make competent movies, they have also limited the industry by using mostly Chinese actors and story lines.

Jason presented data to suggest that even patients in later stages of Alzheimer's disease can have the ability to make competent decisions.

TÂCHES conjured an evocative if somewhat bizarre image for THUMP over email of how the track came to be: "I liked working with Eli & Fur because they make competent lunch choices," he said.

Martin not only wanted to reflect the frictions of the medieval class structures in the novels, but also explore the consequences of the leaders' decisions, as general goodness does not automatically make competent leaders and vice versa.

Bacillus subtilis 168 is easily made competent by growing it in competence starvation medium.

The job setting the government has created for these lawyers makes competent counsel illusory.

Labour's "reform" of the legal aid system made competent legal advice even harder to find.

"Sony still makes competent products but they're all just boring ground balls".

In 2011, Australia made competent scores of 273 and 210, which became match-winning given Lyon and Shane Watson took down Sri Lanka's first innings for 105.