Sentence examples for or competent from inspiring English sources

Key: 1. Absent; 2. Intermittent moments in which basic competency is present; 3. Fully adequate or competent throughout; 4. Fully adequate with some periods of exceptional performance; 5. Consistently exceptional performance.

And it's not as if we're short of experimental playwrights, innovative directors or competent performers.

Prior research reveals that women are viewed as either feminine or competent — but rarely both.

Many voters hold stereotypes that women aren't as knowledgeable or competent on issues like war and terrorism.

The proposals include: ISPs and forum hosts – 'intermediaries' - should not be forced to take down material without an instruction from a court or competent authority.

Aid always has been – and still is – ripped off by warring factions no matter how well-meaning or competent the international aid agencies.

And parents, no matter how committed or competent they are, cannot adequately provide for, or protect their children in this environment.

They may perceive themselves as not being good enough — or competent enough or adequate enough — and experience accompanying feelings of shame, anxiety or depression.

In the polls and in the pubs the verdict is the same: he does not look prime ministerial and does not look confident or competent.

In Bahrain, the presence of outsiders cut the other way — Bahrain had a lot of mercenaries on its police force, and in the crunch, apparently they weren't as ruthless or competent as they needed to be.

Defending the so-called gold standard of "A" levels may be short-sighted t if it means 80% of our 18 year olds aren't confident or competent in handling the numerical data their lives will throw at them.