Sentences with phrase «than competent for»

The logistics resume should show that the person is more than competent for the job.

While not as impressive, the film's DTS - HD MA 5.1 soundtrack was more than competent for a tale of this sort.

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Both groups then rated how competent they thought their co-worker would view them, and those who were told they asked for guidance expected their colleague to think less of them than those who were told they worked on the problem alone.

If it were not for a competent business attorney with experience representing companies similar to ours, we could have lost more than just time and money.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

The Acer Chromebook R11 is no exception, but for less than $ 300, it's about as competent as it gets.

For more than seven months, Sumner Redstone, now 93 and barely able to speak, has asserted (through lawyers and PR teams) that he remains mentally competent — sharp enough to change his health care agent, to erase a $ 70 million bequest to an ex-girlfriend from his will, and, most important, to remain in control of Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS), the jewels in his $ 42 - billion media empire.

It's almost impossible for me to pass these jobs over to other people, even if they're significantly more competent than I'll ever be.

Despite the overall perception that younger workers are less competent, the U.K. study also highlighted a seeming contradiction: three times as many respondents would rather work for a «suitably qualified» 30 - year - old boss than a 70 - year - old one.

As for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwise?

Others, more competent than I, could doubtless do the same for Eastern culture, whether it be Indian or Chinese or some other type.

«I am an unprofitable servant, for I have done only what was commanded of me» — yes, but more than that, «I am a very unprofitable servant, for I have not even done, nor been competent and willing to do, that which was commanded of me.»

«As the conscious and legally competent entity in the conception set - up, it's the woman's say that counts, and even the most terrible reason for having an abortion holds more sway than the best imaginable reason for compelling a woman to carry to term.»

As far as a student or seminarian is concerned the book is well worth the cover price for the bibliography and end notes alone, and it is a more than competent introduction to the field.

For psychiatrists who are competent (or who can convince potential patients of their competence), private practice has been a more lucrative alternative to hospital or center work ever since the public accepted psychiatrists as experts on the problems of living rather than merely on psychoses.

If this difference is not comprehended, the Isaiah model must be discarded, for it will seem that God's goodness is only more than man's, as a space module is more competent in space than an old piston airplane, and this is not what the qualifier «infinitely» means.

For King, the world of children is no less real, important or dangerous than the world of grownups, and children are no less competent in managing its trials.

Thanks for making me look so much more kitchen - competent than I really am!

Perhaps best remembered for his error against the USA four years ago, Green has an unfortunate reputation for the calamitous but on more than one occasion has shown himself to be a competent and reliable goalkeeper, such as at QPR this seeason

This team should be more than competent enough to beat West Brom, but our recent form has been lacklustre, and I predict us to settle for a one - goal victory at 2 - 1 tonight.

It is a risk of course, as is Arsene Wenger telling the world his tactical thoughts ahead of the game, because the home side are fairly competent going forward as well, but I think the reason the boss has gone for this game plan rather than try to be defensive as we did there famously a few years ago, is because of the return to fitness of Sead Kolasinac.

I want improvement at AFC and while I will recognise that Wenger makes tactical errors, I feel we need to blame the right person for transfers otherwise we will not get the change we need, someone competent in the CEO role and someone who can get the job (transfer) done working for him (someone better than Dick Law).

For some reason, though, I'm hoping that Chen is more than that, a pitcher who serves as sort of a baseline for interesting and competeFor some reason, though, I'm hoping that Chen is more than that, a pitcher who serves as sort of a baseline for interesting and competefor interesting and competent.

Despite much of the British media doing complex mental gymnastics to explain why Paul Pogba is, in fact, not good, he's really a star: In baseball, shortstops and center fielders are inherently more valuable than other players because they occupy premium defensive positions, and the same goes for a competent defensive midfielder like Pogba, who's an elegant hurricane with the ball at his feet and can provide consistent attacking output from a position where it's not expected.

Despite being a full - back he is one of our most potent attacking threats and far more competent at crossing the ball than other players that we employ specifically for that purpose.

Women do indeed deserve respectful, competent care, but your aim is clearly to set up an adversarial relationship between women and their doctors, all while promoting homebirth, a practice that is demonstrably more dangerous for babies than hospital birth.

Timothy was not old enough for school (they don't start until six in that region) so spent two years at home, where he became a fluent reader, a competent speller, and considerably more computer literate than me.

A mother who gives up on breastfeeding because she allowed herself to be talked into something that was less than perfect for her baby, is likely to find that her self image as a competent mother is compromised.

Thanks to a courageous, thoughtful, and competent town board concerned more about quality of life for the entire East End than lining the pockets of a few inconsiderate out - of - towners, we are very close to enacting reasonable restrictions on the noisiest helicopters and other commuter aircraft who come and go 24/7 at East Hampton Airport.

More than three quarters said one of their main reasons for voting Labour had been that the party's values were closest to their own; fewer than half said it had been because they thought Labour would have made the most competent government.

You said Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo was incorruptible and that he was much more competent and decisive than Former President John Dramani Mahama for which matter Ghanaians should vote for him.

Dinallo says he has been a competent prosecutor and has nothing negative to say other than that he has a narrow platform for the AG's office.

«And the disappointing thing is that you just don't go for somebody who is bigger or more competent than us that we will even think that there is possibly something more strategic that they may deliver that we can't.

Women in STEM jobs report an array of experiences with discrimination including being treated as if they were not competent (29 %); earning less than their male counterparts for the same job (29 %); experiencing repeated, small slights at work (20 %); and receiving less support from senior leaders than a man doing the same job (18 %).

People who are ill should not undertake this for more than a few days, without the guidance of a competent functional medicine practitioner.

If you are looking for a more than competent twinstick - shooter for your VR headset, this is it.

The filmmakers went into this project insisting that all the actors do their own singing, and while «crooners» like Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth (let alone Stellan Skarsgård, who is very, very brave to have done his own singing) are not going to go down in history as much more than barely competent, star Meryl Streep, who has already proven her musical chops theatrically and previously in such films as Postcards from the Edge, is marvelous, if a bit too country - yodelish for this patently pop score.

She's never less than competent, but Pollack only needs one emotion from her — wary apprehension — and she disappears from the screen for a long stretch in the third act.

Younger clearly has a knack for visual storytelling and each of the performances on display here, with the supporting turns from Aaron Eckhart, Ciarán Hinds, and Katey Sagal standing strongly next to Teller's lead performance, are far more than competent and in fact add heavily to the overall arc these characters experience allowing them to not just remain stock characters.

Along with the strange mix of superior talent for this mid-level film is none other than Ennio Morricone, with an assured and competent score.

There's little doubt such attributes, coupled with Will Smith's typically engrossing work, goes a long way towards compensating for the ineffectiveness of the younger Smith's performance, as the fledgling actor's less - than - competent turn ensures that Kitai simply never becomes the dynamic, charismatic lead character that one might've expected (and hoped for).

What better reward for an otherwise competent, allegedly intelligent woman than a slope - browed Neanderthal womanizer with perfect hair?

Never a particularly stylish or inventive director, Hudlin directs Marshall with smooth, competent, but ultimately anonymous efficiency, periodically dropping in clunky color desaturated, conflicting flashbacks better suited for second - or third - rate basic cable fare than a big - screen biopic of a Civil Rights pioneer.

Launched with the Nintendo Switch earlier this year and developed by Tokyo RPG Factory, Joe Anderson reviewed it for us and said that it was «an enjoyable and more than competent JRPG, which while weak in story more than makes up for this with a strong combat system and fantastic presentation.»

Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin weren't bad so much as they were just trapped in an awful script, working for a director than had never been anything but competent.

This was a more than competent mix for a dialogue - intensive film from the early 1990s.

Actually, the build - up is little more than competent, but Julianne Moore's performance elevates the entire production, as we feel for the plight of a mother in need of finding the truth about what happened to her son, if indeed she ever had one.

The decision to elevate such dully competent, glossily empty fare as Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs to premier - league status serves, if nothing else, as a sobering reminder that those days are gone for good.

And while we may not have spent as many hours watching iCarly, txting about Justin or raiding in Warcraft, we are still responsible for their physical, emotional, intellectual and neurological wellbeing, and still more than capable of becoming competent stewards of their highly digital life journeys.

For instance, unions have steadfastly defended policies that undermine education reform, such as: No junior teacher, however competent and in demand, should ever be paid more than someone who has been on the job longer.