Sentence examples for of its competence from inspiring English sources

That a prison did not know whom it had in custody would mean it had failed the most basic test of its competence and security.

Unesco, he said, had acted on a "political subject outside of its competence".

Having met several times with that panel, headed by the former astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Richard O. Covey, Admiral Gehman said after the hearing that he was confident of its competence and independence.

This observation led us to build a trust model for recommender agents with a focus on the agent's trustworthiness as derived from the user's perception of its competence and especially its ability to explain the recommended results.

The South African court agreed with appellant that an "abduction represents a violation of the applicable rules of international law, that these rules are part of [South African] law, and that this violation of the law deprives the Court... of its competence to hear [appellant's] case..

Yes, there are traces of mission creep in the Vita's design — unsatisfying, unpolished elements like social networking where you can see Sony bumping up against the limits of its competence — but in general the Vita is far more focused and polished than its predecessor, the poorly named PlayStation Portable.

Ethics as such is not part of its competences.

Pursuant to the principle of subsidiarity the Union acts in the framework of its competences only when its action is essential and brings added value to the actions of Member States.

If we expect the car to know when to cede control, then we are expecting the car to know the limits of its own competence – to understand when it is capable and when it is not.

Labour had an unpopular leader and had not persuaded voters of its economic competence.

Scott and Jurek see it as a sales job: an attempt to convince America, and the world, of its own competence, intelligence, and courage.