Sentence examples for skill could not from inspiring English sources

The inherent monotony of subject and treatment, which all Ovid's skill could not completely disguise, is adroitly transcended in the six later epistles of the Heroides.

Plate armour, at first worn above mail as reinforcement, began to replace it entirely except in areas such as the crotch, the armpits, and the back of the knees, where the armourer's skill could not devise a sufficiently flexible joint.

The Chief of the Luftwaffe Command Office, Walther Wever, and the Secretary of State for Aviation, Erhard Milch, feared that such high-level nerves and skill could not be expected of "average pilots" in the Luftwaffe.

Reasonable care and skill could not have remedied the accident, and the lawyers could not determine what they were sueing for until after a dissection of their client.

His sublime skills could not get him through injuries, alcohol abuse and the unwise counsel of friends, however.

Leonard next directed Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) with Marge and Gower Champion, but even their considerable dance skills could not energize the mundane musical.

The heart of the problem, the survey revealed, was that even where it was possible to recruit new staff, their skills could not be developed as they were in the past because of a lack of support from experienced staff – these potential mentors had either left teaching or were themselves overburdened by the demands of filling staffing gaps.

However, students who were poor tree readers and had not developed tree reading skills could not build phylogenetic representations accurately.

Busch felt his painting skills could not compete with those of the Dutch masters.

"To be able to start teaching on day one with more proficiency in classroom management and more confidence in your management skills could not be more valuable to a beginning teacher and the students with whom they work".

They believed that certain capabilities and skills could not be learnt without having worked for an extended period of time.