Victor J. Menezes, Citicorp's former president, is regarded as a competent, though not stellar, manager.
Mr. Sabirin, who was appointed by Indonesia's former president, Suharto, was regarded as a competent and honest bureaucrat before the scandal broke.
Yet another appointment from the liberal centrist wing of the party, he is well liked and regarded as a competent brain.
Mr Ahern was regarded as a competent handler of the economy and as one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Ms Rousseff was regarded as a competent manager before taking office, but her meddling has helped push Brazil into recession (see article).
In recent days, Mr. Schroder has put his prestige on the line to win backing for Mr. Koch-Weser, whom many European and American financial officials say they regard as a competent but uninspired choice for the job.
Hals was for a long time regarded as a competent but limited painter whose consistent neglect of any subjects other than portraits gave him no place in the history of significant art.
Salman decided that after Muqrin, the youngest of his half-brothers who had been appointed second-in-line by Abdullah, the crown would pass to his nephew, Muhammad bin Nayef, the minister of the interior, regarded as a competent campaigner against jihadists in the kingdom.
Should A be regarded as a competent user 'tiger' on account of her being "part of C" and therefore linked to a network of causal chains for 'tiger'?
Mr McLeish was regarded as a competent parliamentary performer, and was seen as a safe pair of hands to take over the reins following the death of Donald Dewar.
Knowledge of stereotypes is necessary to be regarded as a competent speaker, and one surmises it can also be considered sufficient for the purposes of ordinary communication.
