Sentence examples for old skills from inspiring English sources

Land Rover's four-wheel drive systems have to a large extent de-skilled the activity of off-roading; in the 2WD eD4 some of the old skills and techniques have to be rediscovered and a couple of new ones learnt.

Their old skills come in handy.

Labour-saving contrivances made old skills obsolete.

They are sharpening old skills and acquiring new ones.

Old skills became irrelevant; new industries sprang up.

For others, the gaps in transit service have presented an opportunity to burnish old skills.

"What we're seeing now is young performers put a modern twist on old skills," she said.

He displayed some of his old skills, but his team lost by 6-4.

However, alongside these century-old skills come thoroughly contemporary, yet equally labour-intensive adaptations on man-made materials.

Unless action is taken to revive the age-old skills of places like Cicheng and Dashilar, they will disappear.

This fall she'll use that philosophy in helping wooden clog makers in rural France find new designs for their age-old skills.