A vocabulary rich in French or Chinese words is indispensable for speaking those languages fluently, and the quickest route to competence.
Less of this please … Unintelligible post-match press conferences from our manager; fickle Gooners being far too quick to question his competence; killjoy Latvian refs who can't take a joke; interminable international breaks potentially putting a spanner in the works just when we have a prime opportunity to leapfrog Spurs; and less cause for smug scousers – and those irritating "Quad" headlines.
My first impression has lasted all those years: an unobtrusive man with a gentle manner, a fine sense of humour, an open mind, an intellectual horizon well beyond the limits of science, a quick intellect, high technical competence in environmental research and obvious experience in scientific projects.
Ardiles shared Maradona's dismay at the inability of one of the sport's leading nations to defend with competence or to live with the quick, persistent, devastatingly quick passing and movement of a team ranked 50 places beneath it in world status.
While we are never forced to vote based on one factor alone, the apparent predictive power of competence judgements reveal how deeply that quick impression may color our evaluation of more serious considerations.
Facebook users aren't going to be quick to add an application that can't meet basic competence or honesty standards.
As Mr Bernanke delivered his twice-yearly monetary testimony to Congress on July 18th, his competence was lauded from all sides.Nothing builds credibility quicker than success.
"All our apprenticeships are designed to make sure these young people have skills, experience and the confidence and competence to succeed in the world of work much quicker". The new apprenticeships are funded by the Scottish government and the European Social Fund.
The former group will be much quicker to spot betrayal than the latter group will be to identify sustained competence in government.
Competence: From combat to disaster relief, soldiers analyze and react to diverse situations, applying quick problem solving techniques involving creativity.
To capture the domain of perceived competence of the physicians' statements such as appropriateness of medicines given, laboratory tests performed, quick relief, recommendations by friends and relatives, and lack of adverse effects of medicines, were included.
