be proficient

Example Sentences

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Law-enforcement officers at the same time have been taking commercial drivers off the road who are deemed not to be proficient in English.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The researchers underscore that forensic science needs to be proficient in not just incriminating the guilty but also in freeing the innocent from suspicion.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

Expecting kids to be proficient without meeting their basic needs is inappropriate.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

They will also have to pass a security and criminality check and be proficient in English to at least the B1 intermediate level, defined as having the "fluency to communicate without effort with native speakers".

From BBC • May 29, 2022

As far as Paul’s concerned I’m just another SOE agent to be trained up quickly—not sure how this happened, but at any rate I am learning to be proficient in the SOE’s “Double Tap” system.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein