The phrase "were competent to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate someone's ability or qualification to perform a specific task or duty in the past.
Example: "The committee members were competent to evaluate the proposals submitted for the project."
Alternatives: "were qualified to" or "were capable of".
Medical practitioners also valued NP competence, which for some meant NPs who were competent to realise their boundaries and seek advice when appropriate.
"Neither France nor Spain, although the original contracting partners, were competent to decide the meaning of their own contract," Henry Adams observed.
David Grand's article (Feb. 27) focuses mainly on whether nursing-home residents were competent to consent to participate in Elliot Greenebaum's film "Assisted Living" and whether they were portrayed unfairly in it.
However, Hearthstone, the organization that cares for the people named in the story, sought their permission to be included in the story and felt that they were competent to make that decision.
The Government Accountability Office questioned the F.A.A.'s ability to maintain the up-to-date knowledge necessary to approve new equipment, and the Department of Transportation's inspector general criticized the agency for failing to ensure that personnel designated by aircraft manufacturers to certify their aircraft or components were competent to do so.
In contrast, generation of non-homologous recombinants occurred only when Q1 and Q2 were competent to produce RNA5.
Similarly, it has to be competent to be credible.
"I am not sure I am competent to do that.
The question is whether he and his team are competent to find a way forward.
There was also the ancillary question of whether Felt was competent to make that decision".
First, though, a hearing will determine if Mrs. Yates is competent to stand trial.
