Sentences with phrase «aptitude at»

My flexibility to work any shift and aptitude at learning systems quickly led to me being used as an overnight team supervisor, being responsible for setting all work orders for the morning shift.

Consequently, Salt's solo exhibition at the Ace Gallery not only reveals her prodigious aptitude at flawlessly laying down color in the grand tradition of both wall and Color Field painting, but also her unique place in such schools of the mundane.

Larry was seen as the most likely candidate to replace the head honcho should anything befall Bowser's heir apparent, displaying the aptitude at an early age for command.

Certain breeds, like the Saint Bernard, have historically been bred specifically to rescue people, and today, almost every service animal continues to be canine (although other animals have showed aptitude at tasks such as leading the blind).

The hybrid Golf's aptitude at transitioning between electricity and petrol almost makes you reluctant to engage its sportier mode, but press the «GTE» button alongside the gearlever and the car uses both of its motors to increase performance rather than improve efficiency.

To watch this team, communication skills are as evident as the players» aptitude at footwork, passing and relentless attacking.

Dm is a possibility though his aptitude at that position remains to be seen

A lot of dogs are bred because of their specific aptitudes at performing a particular task, these are usually working dogs.

In the body of your letter, you can enlist maybe a couple of these skills, and give a particular case of a time when you showed those aptitudes at work.

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The crisis would soon give Waugh a chance to test his aptitude for risk, with an opportunity that could have won Scotia a place at the top of U.S. banking — or cost it dearly.

«Credit to the team at Amazon for creating a lot of excitement in this space,» Pichai said, while claiming that Google Home will be considerably superior in its «far - field voice recognition» (ability to decipher speech against background noise at different distances), its integrations with other smart - home systems like Google - owned Nest, and its aptitude to understand and manage things like restaurant reservations, travel itineraries, and contact lists.

«There are plenty of diverse people in my network alone who have the aptitude and the competitive edge and innovative mentality necessary to be successful at a tech company.»

SM is such a critical part of every business's business today that it really can't be left to the alleged professionals — hired guns at old - line agencies who generally know almost as little about this stuff as you do — or simply delegated to employees who have the attitude, aptitude, and interest in creating some of this.

For many organizations, you will also need some people with video skills: typically speaking, someone with an aptitude for shooting and someone who is good at editing.

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He quickly demonstrated an aptitude for management, and during the 1960s he held supervisory positions at Kinston, Wilmington and Old Hickory.

Yet images, symbols and rituals can move us and shape us at nondiscursive levels; they can impart feelings, understanding and aptitude of which we literally can not speak.

At an early age Tolkien showed an aptitude for languages, and would invent his own with his friends.

Beginning in 1986, the rule stipulated, entering freshmen would be eligible for scholarships only if they had achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 in a college - preparatory core curriculum and, when it came to the two standard college entrance examinations, attained a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 15 on the American College Testing Program's exam.

General aptitude and so forth: They've turned the ball over at an almost identical rate throughout their careers, with about 32 attempts per interception apiece.

With the extra caveat thrown in: that they have the same application, aptitude, attitude, resilience and collective methodology and approach to the game as they did at the weekend.

In no time at all, Newman recognized her natural aptitude for gymnastics and took her in hand.

Today is a chance for the Hammers to demonstrate their aptitude for resurrection as they travel to Southampton on the back of midweek humiliation at the hands of Manchester City.

At issue, then, is not nature or nurture but how nurture becomes nature: the environment in which children play and grow can encourage a range of aptitudes or foreclose them.

As they gain aptitude for sequential and logical thought, their most vital asset remains the ability to be fully at home in the pictorial world of imagination.

«The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full - time education suitable; a) to his age, ability, and aptitude, and b) to any special educational needs he may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.»

In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale the organization said, «Appointing at least 8 dead people as board members would seem to suggest that the 1,467 appointments approved by Buhari were unscreened for competence, merit, equity, aptitude and conflicts of interest.

Speaking at the event, Guarantee Trust Bank Managing Director, Segun Agbaje, stated «The GTBank Super Cup Competition will continue to pave the way for youths to cultivate their sporting talents and aptitudes, whilst fostering and building a healthier lifestyle at a critical stage in their lives.»

The ten are those who scored highest in Level II [an aptitude test], that was organized on Saturday [October 21] at the British Council in Accra.

In the lab, I would frequently ask myself questions like «How are hormones changing musical aptitude, if at all?»

In contrast to adults, acceptance of evolution in schoolchildren in the UK is linked to their scientific aptitude rather than conflicts with belief systems, say scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath.

Women in science groups have been drawing attention to sexism and the underrepresentation of women since the 1970s, but I didn't really take notice until 2005, when Lawrence Summers — the president of Harvard University at the time — postulated that women lack «intrinsic aptitude» in science and engineering.

To identify gene variants associated with musical aptitude, Irma Järvelä at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and colleagues analysed the genomes of 767 people assessed for their ability to detect small differences between the pitch and duration of a sound, and musical pattern.

Järvelä thinks musical aptitude evolved because musical people were better at forming attachments to others: «Think of lullabies, which increase social bonding and possibly the survival of the baby.»

Irma Järvelä of the University of Helsinki, Finland, and her colleagues recruited people from 19 families with at least one professional musician in each and tested their aptitudes for distinguishing rhythm, pitch and musical pattern.

Whether or not you are happy at work is 70 percent due to the nature of your job and to the aptitudes and attitudes about work that you have acquired since birth.

New research published in Schizophrenia Research conducted at the University of Liverpool links brain structure to an individual's likelihood of experiencing hallucinations and to their musical aptitude.

That is, nature rather than nurture accounted for almost half the observed differences in aptitude, helping explain why some subjects with no musical training scored at a professional level.

During her postdoc at Yale University, Corinne Moss - Racusin was the lead author on a study showing that both male and female science professors evaluate a resume more favorably if they perceive that the applicant is male, reflecting their implicit bias about gender and scientific aptitude.

Geneticists at the University of Helsinki and the National University of Singapore have teamed up to explore the evolution of musical aptitude in the first - ever empirical study of the evolution of music.

The book shares glimpses into the lives of struggling trainees at West Point, National Spelling Bee finalists, and other high achievers, to illustrate Duckworth's belief that effort and perseverance are more integral to success than inborn aptitude or I.Q.

In the Internet dating sites adult among its amazing aptitude to make us giggle at panda bears juggle, can also give out a purpose for anybody trying to be reserved.

If the rumours are to be believed, Hemsworth improvised most of his lines and in doing so, he demonstrated an applaudable aptitude for laughing at himself and a spot on ability to steal the screen whenever he was on it — this time however, that face and those muscles took a back seat to his impeccable comedic timing.

It's the kind of movie one can't really gauge by the usual standards, just by how funny you find it, and opinions will widely vary depending on the viewer's aptitude to laugh at pot humor and crude bathroom and sex jokes of the most outrageous variety.

Spielberg has spoken of his own apprehensiveness about intellectualizing the images he arrives at instinctively, and Carpenter has such an aptitude for filmmaking that rationalizing a creative decision probably feels to him like looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Zhang Ziyi is the manic pixie at the center of a swirl of CGI whimsy in this romantic comedy, which is weird because while she's no doubt a terrific actress, she'd previously shown no aptitude whatsoever for comedy.

Offering a candid look at his creative process, it illustrates the actor's aptitude for improvising, as he runs through a number of gags, voices, and jokes at an amazing speed, some of which didn't at all make it into the film, with only the occasional flub.

For instance, some might assume that you need maths and computer science to succeed in cyber security, but in reality there are a broad range of opportunities for those who demonstrate strategic thinking with their aptitude for computer games or who are good at languages, recognising patterns or enjoy taking things apart.

The nickname embodies the schoolwide philosophy: At Enota, the theory that everyone possesses unique talents and aptitudes isn't just accepted and celebrated, it's an integral part of school culture.

While older students at Enota tend to have a more solid grasp on their individual aptitudes, MI surveys and explorations are routine.